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Black Wind
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Black Wind

Written by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler

Narrated by Ron McLarty

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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In the waning days of World War II, the Japanese tried a last desperate measure - a different kind of kamikaze mission, this one carried out by two submarines bound for the west coast of the United States, their cargo a revolutionary new strain of deadly virus. Neither sub made it to the designated target.

But that does not mean they were lost.

Someone knows about the subs and what they carried, knows too where they might be, and has an extraordinary plan in store for the prize inside - a plan that could reshape the world as we know it. All that stands in the way are three people: a marine biologist named Summer, a marine engineer named Dirk, and their father, Dirk Pitt, the new head of NUMA.

Pitt has faced devastating enemies before, has even teamed up with his children to track them down and end their menace, but never has he looked upon the face of pure evil... until now.

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Release dateNov 30, 2004
ISBN9781101154373
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Clive Cussler

Clive Cussler (1931–2020) was the author or coauthor of over eighty books in five bestselling series, including DIRK PITT®, THE NUMA FILES®, THE OREGON FILES ®, AN ISAAC BELL ADVENTURE ®, A SAM AND REMI FARGO ADVENTURE ®, and A KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURE ®. His nonfiction works include Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, Built to Thrill: More Classic Automobiles from Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, The Sea Hunters, and The Sea Hunters II; these describe the true adventures of the real NUMA, which, led by Cussler, searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler discovered more than sixty ships, including the long-lost Civil War submarine Hunley. 

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This is something like the seventh Clive Cussler book I have read and it was pretty much the same as all the others. I enjoy the simple fun of these books. This time, I felt that the number of times death is escaped and the sheer number of witty remarks immediately following one of these near death experiences was a bit much. Knowing that the good guys always win and the bad guys are classic bad guys doesn't do anything to hurt the brain candy. It would be cool if Cussler mixed it up a bit with a bit of an actual cliff hanger every now and again. In summary - you know what you are getting in a Dirk Pitt novel.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    When I read fiction, one of the things that I do is to maintain a list of problematic questions regarding the narrative and the choices of the author in terms of plotting and the like. And when I get to ten questions of this sort, I stop with the list and either continue to read with my brain turned off or throw the book against the wall and read something else. Well, I'm pretty sure that I could have come up with dozens and dozens of questions about the plot of this one, and if it hadn't been for my love of *Clive* Cussler's work in the past with some of these characters, this one would not have survived my 50 page rule. But I hung in there for the sake of Dirk and Al and Rudy and Sandecker more than for the sake of The Next Generation. And it never got better; it remained extremely stupid and unbelievable from start to finish. I don't know if I'll continue with the series anytime soon (especially with Cussler's son Dirk getting more involved with the writing), but I'm not ready to say goodbye yet. Still, it's sad to see a series in decline like this. In short, this one is for the complete-ists out there, but I would not recommend it to anyone else.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    If this was the first Clive Cussler book I picked up I doubt I'd read another.While the story is interesting (albeit fantasy in the extreme) it is so larded with supporting info as to be a text book disguised as a novel. This is the first of the Cussler novels that I wish would just come to an end.I just completed the book with a deep sigh of relief. While the ending had a lot less supporting data, it was still too much.There were just way to many scenes that were reminecent of the TV series, 'A Team' where thousands of bullets are fired and yet the good guys walk away. A little less fantastical would go a long way towards making this book a solid read, which it is not.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Campy in dialogue, metaphor and at times plot, over written and over described a times but still a good fast paced read where you know the good guys will win in the end. Like the other Cussler I read, 2023I had run out of books while away at work and found this laying around. Almost a 3 but it was fast reading when I was in the office.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I liked these better when Clive wrote by himself, but still a fun read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    very good read
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    If this was the first Clive Cussler book I picked up I doubt I'd read another.While the story is interesting (albeit fantasy in the extreme) it is so larded with supporting info as to be a text book disguised as a novel. This is the first of the Cussler novels that I wish would just come to an end.I just completed the book with a deep sigh of relief. While the ending had a lot less supporting data, it was still too much.There were just way to many scenes that were reminecent of the TV series, 'A Team' where thousands of bullets are fired and yet the good guys walk away. A little less fantastical would go a long way towards making this book a solid read, which it is not.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I travel around the globe, eat well, imagine i can swim out of danger, am vital....getting too dramatic. However, this was the best of the older novels I have found at the thrift stores. The adventure was spine tingling and the medical mystery right up my alley! Fun fast read it was indeed...I am in favor of not revealing plots;/spoilers for these stories as that is what hooks the reader like me, and I say great job. Love the addiction to vintage vehicles but what happens to the Chrysler in this one will make the Mopar club cry!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Black Windis by Clive Cussler is the eighteenth Dirk Pitt novel and the second one co-authored by son Dirk Cussler. Dirk Pitt Jr. is called into rescue some researchers mysteriously ill on a remote Aleutian island. It appears their illness (and the deaths of some others nearby) is related to the recent discovery of a WWII era submarine.Two things in thrillers make me cringe: dirty bombs and airborne WMD. This one relies on a the latter — a WWII era chimera which combines a variety of airborne diseases into one super weapon. Except it's been sitting at the bottom of the ocean in a submarine for five decades.Sure it's related to a Japanese plot, but if I were North Korean agent posing as a South Korean businessman and arms dealer, I'd stick to sarin gas. It's just as deadly and doesn't require tracking down old sunk submarines (and thus drawing unnecessary attention to one's self).Black Wind would have been so much better had the submarine plot been a complete red herring. From reading other reviews, though, it appears the Cusslers were distracted with Hollywood's version of Sahara (and a failed law suit, therein).
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It's ten years ago since I've read the last Dirk Pitt adventure and now I can't belief that I've waited so long to read this one. It's as always a fast-paced enthralling adventure starting out in the last year of WWII and everything that happened later is related to this event from WWII. The whole NUMA family is involved to eliminate the acute jeopardy, luckily the heroes are always on time at the right spots. Minor damages like the loss of some high tech vessels have been included but nevertheless the good ones have been the winners and the bad boys are removed from this planet.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    For a fan of the Dirk Pitt series, this is more of what you want. To say any more might spoil things. You can see a start of a transition from Dirk Sr. being the main character to Dirk Jr.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Meh. Not great, but not awful. It was very entertaining, and was fun to listen to while driving to work. Once again our heroes get themselves into tough places and luck almost more than skill gets them back out again. Almost everyone does something monumentally stupid at least once, at least all the men. If you're looking for realism look elsewhere, if you just looking for a bit of popcorn entertainment, this might be just up your alley.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    There isn’t a Clive Cussler novel I don’t like. Each one gets me sucked in and refuses to let me go until the book is completely read. What makes the action packed novel even better is the way Cussler incorporates history into each of his books. He didn’t disappoint me in Black Wind.Toward the end of World War II, a Japanese submarine reaches the shores of America ready to disperse biological warfare that had never been seen to that date. It is unable to unleash the Black Wind as an American naval ship plows into it sinking it to the bottom of the ocean. All remains quiet until mysterious Asian men begin a dance with the world to retrieve the deadly cargo and create something even more lethal. It is up to Dirk Pitt, Dirk Junior, and Sumer Pitt to save the day though each one is faced with losing their life more than once.Black Wind was full of the usual intricate plots and subterfuge Cussler is well known for. Action, mystery, betrayal, and romance all can be found in this novel.Having the children of Dirk Pitt involved in the story was fun. I really enjoyed it. It made a Dirk Pitt novel different than it had been before. Many have complained of this, but I saw it as an expansion of a line of novels that is heading into a new generation.As I said before, the fact that Cussler incorporates history into the story makes it even more interesting. He takes historical facts and adds to them giving them a more sinister twist and explores more ‘what if’ scenarios. For me, after reading his books I want to explore the true history of what he brings in and learn more about it. That makes it a very successful ‘history’ book in my eyes.It is full of technical jargon though the author explains most of it for those of you like me who can’t understand all of it including the science side of it. Those parts of the book do take me longer to read, but the majority of the time the information is critical to understanding the plot.Want some adventure? Want some action? Like gun scenes? Love history? Like science? Then any Cussler book will be a good read for you. If World War II, specifically the Pacific Theatre, is what you are interested in, this is for sure a book you need to look into.Note: This book was purchased with my own funds.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Its been a while, close to a year since I've read any Clive Cussler. This was very well worth it. Combining our beloved Dirk Pitt, and his children Dirk and Summer, this proved to be an excellent novel and tale for the current day.Here, terroism comes from North and South Korea in a runification desire by a madman who is a top businessman in South Korea. Working with the remenants of the Japanese Red Army, Kang hatches a plot to use a airborne bio-weapon with technology the Japanese attempted to use on the US in WWII, only more modern, and deadlier. the plot is uncovered little by little by accident, as Pitt stumbles across Kangs men retriving the old ordinance from a sunken WWII Japanese sub off the coast of Washington state. The trip takes them from there to Japan, then to Kan's private residence in South Koerea, where they learn of the extent of Kangs plot, to shoot a rocket over southern California during an economic summit to server as a distration so North Korea can ovverrun South Koera in a reunification attempt.Thrills abound, this is to me, one of Cussler's best works.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Another good book that involves Dirk Pitt with addition of his twin children playing the dominiant saving the world forces. Good adventure book and I hope to see more of the twins as the series continues.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Again like most of his books the good guy always wins. Out side of that it was fun to read and held my interest.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Black Wind is the first of the "new" Dirk Pitt novels written by Clive Cussler with his son, Dirk. Apparently, Clive is retiring and Dirk is taking over the series. So, it should come as no surprise that with this novel, Dirk Pitt has been promoted and most of the action falls upon Dirk Pitt (that is, Dirk Pitt, Jr.) The old role of Al Giordano is now effectively split between Dirk's sister Summer and his friend Jack Dahlgren. In fact, Junior is so much like Senior that I mostly forgot that I was reading about the exploits of a different character (at least until the climax of the story, but no spoilers here). In almost all other ways, Black Wind is just like any of the preceding books in the series. (Dirk Pitt, Sr. and Al Giordano do get some "screen time"). I enjoyed the book, although I didn't love it. Too much of it was too much like too many prior books; then again, I keep reading Dirk Pitt novels precisely because they are much like their predecessors and I sometimes like knowing exactly what I'm getting before I open to page 1. In this way, Black Wind did not disappoint. My biggest gripe with the book is that I was hoping to get more deeply into Summer Pitt's character and I certainly hope that she does not remain as a mere sidekick for Dirk in future books.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Another easy to read, page-turner from Cussler, featuring improbable feats of daring and survival from the protagonists. A good romp on face value, with an amusing cameo and a rather optomistic conclusion.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It's almost totally Dirk junior now. That's part of my problem, though I think most of the reason I didn't enjoy this one as much as I normally would have is that I was interrupted too often while I was reading it. Like all the other Cussler books, it jumps around from thread to thread, and with all the interruptions, it got confusing. I should have just put it down and read something else, waited to read this until I could have some uninterrupted time to enjoy it. The plot was--bio agents developed by Japan in WWII recovered & expanded on by N. Korean megalomaniac. Over-the-top as usual. Dirk Jr. seems to have developed his dad's ingenuity & invincibility, but he & Dahlgren, or he & Summer, just don't have the chemistry of Pitt & Giordino. (who, btw, look distressingly like McConaughey and Zahn now)