title: The Mediterranean Caper: The First Dirk Pitt Novel, A 40th Anniversary Edition (Dirk Pitt Adventure)
author:  Clive Cussler 
description: <b>Praise for Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt</b><br /><br />Dirk Pitt is oceanographys answer to Indiana Jones. Exotic locations, ruthless villains and many narrow escapesCusslers fans come for swashbuckling [and] he delivers. <i>Associated Press</i>
zlib_text: > Dirk Pitt [21] Crescent Dawn
  
  
  > Cussler, Clive; Dirk Cussler
  
  
    
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  Dirk Pitt [21]  
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  2010  
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  ★★  
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  Marine engineers, Action Adventure, Mystery Detective, General, Pitt; Dirk
  (Fictitious character), Marine biologists, Thrillers, Men's Adventure, Fiction
  
  
    
  Marine engineersttt Action Adventurettt Mystery Detectivettt Generalttt Pitt;
  Dirk (Fictitious character)ttt Marine biologiststtt Thrillersttt Men's
  Adventurettt Fictionttt
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  From Publishers Weekly
  
  
  
  
  
  In the bloated fourth Dirk Pitt novel from Cussler and son Dirk (after Arctic
  Drift), evildoers Ozden Aktan Celik and Ozden's sister, Maria, who are bent on
  Muslim domination of the Middle East, plot to blow up sacred Muslim sites like
  Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock and pin the blame on the CIA in particular and
  the West in general. Dirk, the director of the National Underwater and Marine
  Agency, and the Celiks are both searching for lost religious artifac