title: Poseidon's Arrow (Dirk Pitt Adventure)
author:  Clive Cussler 
description: Compared to his newer series, such as the Isaac Bell and Fargo thrillers, the Dirk Pitt novels feel a little old-fashioned. The Mediterranean Caper, the first in the series, was published 40 years ago, and apart from the regular addition of new technologies and other contemporary trappings, the Pitt novels really havent veered too far from the formula established in the beginning. Pitt, a marine engineer and globe-trotting adventurer, risks life and limb to defeat a clever and resourceful villain. The story here involves a new American submarine. It will be faster, quieter, and more powerful than anything else under the seas, but its designer has been killed, and his plans and scale model have vanished. Nobody else knows how to finish building the sub, and now, with the plans stolen, an unknown party has the ability to build his or her own. Wildly implausible, yes, but a solid enough jumping-off point for more of the usual adventure and fisticuffs. Dirk Pitt is no longer the gold standard of Cusslers many seriesthats now Isaac Bellbut Pitt still has enough gumption to keep us reading. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Formula fiction sells, if the formula has a track record, and Cussler (and his coauthors) certainly have that. Aggressive marketing, of course, will help. --David Pitt
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  # TITLES BY CLIVE CUSSLER
  
  
  DIRK PITT® ADVENTURES
  
  
  
  
  
  Celtic Empire (with Dirk Cussler)
  
  
  Odessa Sea (with Dirk Cussler)
  
  
  _Havana Storm_ (with Dirk Cussler)
  
  
  _Poseidon’s Arrow_ (with Dirk Cussler)
  
  
  _Crescent Dawn_ (with Dirk Cussler)
  
  
  _Arctic Drift_ (with Dirk Cussler)
  
  
  _Treasure of Khan_ (with Dirk Cussler)
  
  
  _Black Wind_ (with Dirk Cussler)
  
  
  _Trojan Odyssey_
  
  
  _Valhalla Rising_
  
  
  _Atlantis Found_
  
  
  _Flood Tide_
  
  
  _Shock Wave_
  
  
  _Inca Gold_
  
  
  _Sahara_
  
  
  _Dragon_
  
  
  _Treasure_
  
  
  _Cyclops_
  
  
  _Deep Six_
  
  
  _Pacific Vortex!_
  
  
  _Night Probe!_
  
  
  _Vixen 03_
  
  
  _Raise the Titanic!_
  
  
  _Iceberg_
  
  
  _The Mediterranean Caper_
  
  
  
  
  
  SAM AND REMI FARGO® ADVENTURES
  
  
  
  
  
  _Wrath of Poseidon_ (with Robin Burcell)
  
  
  _The Oracle_ (with Robin Burcell)
  
  
  _The Gray Ghost_ (with Robin Burcell)
  
  
  _The Romanov Ransom_ (with Robin Burcell)
  
  
  _Pirate_ (with Robin Burcell)
  
  
  _The Solomon Curse_ (with Russell Blake)
  
  
  _The E