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Title: Boring
Review: Clive Cussler had run the Dirk Pitt series into a mindless and boring rut, so when his new NUMA files spin-off series appeared it was a welcome change. It was nice to see him give one of his books more than a minute of his attention. Blue Gold was even exciting, like the old Cussler. However, he seems to have run out of steam again. Fire Ice reads just like any other recent Dirk Pitt novel. I wouldn't even care so much that its totally implausible if it was entertaining. But chapter after chapter of what I guess is supposed to be character development...didn't realize there could be so many different characters that I don't care about. Where is the action? If you want mindless excitement, you'll have to check out newer authors like Matt Reilly because Cussler is asleep.
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