Polar Shift (The Numa Files)
by Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos
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Author: Clive Cussler, Paul KemprecosEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-05
ISBN: 0425210480
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Berkley
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Book Review: Al Gore won't like this one
Summary: 4 Stars
This story starts out with a new high-tech container ship being creamed by a tsunami and only satellite images revealed what had happened after the ship had inexplicably vanished. This turns out to be a test run of a device that has been built by a cabal who violently oppose globalization of trade and want to upset the earth's magnetic polarity to topple the "elites" who are bringing it about. Unfortunately, they don't know that what they are doing runs a great risk of a more profound shift of the earth's poles and causing cataclysmic destruction. Enter Kurt Austin, the successor to NUMA hero Dirk Pitt, who's attacked by killer whales which are psychologically affected by the deadly device's test run. That's why Austin smells a rat--orcas are not normally that vicious around humans.
Where does Gore come in, you ask? Gore is the chief priest of The New Enviromentalists, who believe that the present-day activities of Americans are the sole cause of global warming (why is it that I mentally hear those last two words in Gore's voice?), and Everybody Knows This because (all together now) "I HATE GEORGE BUSH". Then they drive away in their Lexus or Volvo SUVs, which are safe enough because neither is a product of American industry, and as such are not harmful to the environment. Don't get me started.
What this story has to do with that is that scientists have found that "polar shift" occurs naturally every few eons or so, and that runs counter to New Environmental belief that modern man is the one and only potential cause of profound climatic change. All that the Bad Guys in this story are doing is artificially trying to trigger something that's going to happen anyway in several millennia.
It's taken me a while to get used to this Next Generation NUMA series, but Cussler's basic premise is that Dirk Pitt would age in the real world and he does not want to handle his work in the same way that creators of James Bond fiction keep 007 young forever. Otherwise, a forever-young Superman would by now be visting Lois Lane in a senior care facility, Inspector Henderson would by now be deceased after retirng as Chief of the Metropolis Police, and Jimmy Olsen would be about ready to throw in his papers as longtime editor of the Daily Planet. After all, a lot of miles have rolled by on the old NUMA odometer since Pitt raised the Titanic. It's a lot more valid than relying entirely on passing the torch to Dirk Pitt jr. and his Baywatch Babe of a sister Summer. In fact, the inclusion of Paul Kemprecos as Cussler's writing partner has given NUMA fiction a Bond-flick-in-print feel, with lots of action and vehicular pursuit scenes. There's even a scene where Austin touches base with his boss Dirk and borrows one of his famous antique cars for the best chase scene. Give it a try, and then you might want to go back and catch up on the earlier five volumes.
Summary of Polar Shift (The Numa Files)
Polar shift: It is the name for a phenomenon that may have occurred many times in the past. At the very least, it disorients birds and animals and damages electrical equipment. At its worst, it causes massive eruptions, earthquakes, and climatic changes. At its very worst, it would mean the obliteration of all living matter, and if that happens-exit Earth.Sixty years ago, an eccentric Hungarian genius discovered how to artificially trigger such a shift, but then his work was lost, or so it was thought. Now, the charismatic leader of an anti-globalization group plans to use the work to give the world's industrialized nations a small jolt, then reverse the shift back again. The only problem is, it cannot be reversed. Once the shift starts, there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Austin, Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team certainly have faced dire situations before, but never have they encountered anything like this. This time . . . even they may be too late.
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