Product Description

Genghis Khan - the greatest conqueror of all time, who at his peak ruled an empire four times the size of Alexander the Great's, a vast expanse which stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea. And now somebody wants it back. Dirk Pitt and the NUMA crew are about to come head to head with their most dangerous enemy ever. A mysterious Mongolian mogul harbors a dream of restoring the conquests of ancient Mongolia. He holds a dark secret about Genghis Khan, his grandson Kublai Khan and the treasures of Xanadu - treasures of gold and also much, much more. His relentless ambition will cause devastation to millions ...unless Dirk Pitt can somehow find a way to stop him.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #167848 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 560 pages

About the Author
Clive Cussler is the author of several other books including the Dirk Pitt adventure Black Wind, the Kurt Austin novel Polar Shift and the Oregon series novel Sacred Stone. He lives in Arizona and Colorado.Dirk Cussler, an MBA from Stanford University, worked for many years in the financial arena and has been an active participant in the real-life NUMA expeditions. He lives in Arizona.

Customer Reviews

All in all, the Treasure of Khan was a fun read
I always buy any new Clive Cussler book the day that it arrives in stores. The last few years, I've been dissapointed with each new addition to the series. Don't get me wrong, Clive Cussler is still my favorite author, but his writing just seems very stale and fomulaic lately. This book was still very formulaic along the lines of almost all past books, but it had a lot more character to it that made it seem like I was reading an old friend again.

Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino are getting older in the series, but I'm one fan that is hoping they continue to have more adventures in the years to come. The idea of bringing in the kids of Dirk Pitt (Dirk Jr and Summer) seems to be not really coming together well. They are given bit roles and not fully introduced if they are going to be the main characters in future books. All in all, the Treasure of Khan was a fun read, and it was nice to feel like Clive was back writing with more character!! Also, if you missed reading Tino Georgiou's masterpiece--The Fates, go and read it.

A Long Time Fan
Ok I admit it I am absolutely addicted to reading books by Clive Cussler ever since I dare say it, chose the first book I read by him by thinking the cover looked good.Recently though I think Cussler has gone through somewhat of a rocky patch.He has recently started to combine his talents with different authors and for me it hasn't really worked.Even when writing with an equally brilliant writer like Jack DuBrul there just seemed that the 2 authors combined were not as good as they are individually.This book is different from that as Clive writes with his son Dirk and the book is very fluid and I was captivated from page one.He is back to doing what he does best and that is grabbing the reader on the first page and throwing them into a complex world of adventure and intrigue. I think what helped with this on this book was that Clive decided to dust down the original team of Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino.Don't get me wrong I think his other characters are Ok but these are the two for me that have made Clive Cussler the greatest adventure writer of his time.Speaking of which it looks as though avid fans like me don't have anything to worry about when the Grandmaster of Adventure does eventually hang up his adventure boots for the last time as his son demonstartes in this book that he is more than capable of taking up his fathers mantle. Some people would compare this novel closely with his previous novel Sahara which was also set in the desert but for me that is where the similarity ends.In summary this is Cussler at his best long may he continue!

Cussler is back!
Hooray, after a couple of lost years, CC is back in fine form; the original and genuine Dirk and Al ( no franchise extending pseudo-sprogs here) battle a megalomanic mongol horde with more booms, bangs, whooshes and pings than you can shake your doxa at! Ignore the patchy research ( Lake Baikal hasn't looked like that in 30 years, sadly), suspend your disbelief and enjoy the ride!