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Title: assembly line adventures
Review: It is sad to see that Cussler is becoming jaded with his own books. Kurt Austin (Dirk Pitt clone) is a ho-hum character, and the whole NUMA expeience has run out of steam. There are now three or four series that Cussler, with co-authors are pounding out at so rapid a pace I wonder if they actually care anymore about creating great adventures, or is making money the motive. The recent books all read like comic books, stilted, no characterization, no depth, no interesting plot twists and a whole lot of description that amounts to nothing but formulaic writing at its worst. Cussler has entered the world of the famous writer living off past success - like Tom Clancy. Novel factories is what you get. I am mad at myself that I gave him yet another chance and found myself reading the same book as his last Austin/Pitt efforts.
