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Sam and Remi Fargo return for the thrilling third adventure in the acclaimed new series.
In Spartan Gold and Lost Empire, Clive Cussler brought readers into the world of husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo, whose passion and instinct for treasure-hunting has led to extraordinary discoveries-and perilous journeys.
Their next adventure, however, might be their most astonishing yet.
The Fargos are used to hunting for treasure, not people. But then a Texas oil baron contacts them with a personal plea: an investigator friend of the Fargos' was on a mission to find the oil baron's missing father-and now the investigator is missing, too. Would Sam and Remi be willing to look for them both? Though something about the situation doesn't quite add up, the Fargos agree to go on the search.
What they find will be beyond anything they could have imagined. On a journey that will take them to Tibet, Nepal, Bulgaria, India, and China, the Fargos will find themselves embroiled with black-market fossils, a centuries-old puzzle chest, the ancient Tibetan kingdom of Mustang, a balloon aircraft from a century before its time . . . and a skeleton that could turn the history of human evolution on its head.
Packed with the endless imagination and breathtaking suspense that are his hallmarks, The Kingdom once again proves that Clive Cussler is "just about the best storyteller in the business" (New York Post).
In their latest globe-trotting adventure, husband-and-wife treasure-hunters Sam and Remi Fargo find themselves enmeshed again in interlocking mysteries involving potent secrets from the distant past and dangers that are all too present. Now in mass-market paperback and NOOK Book.
Clive Cussler is the author of many New York Times bestsellers, most recently The Spy and Lost Empire. He lives in Arizona.
Grant Blackwood caught the fiction-writing bug at the age of eighteen while reading Clive Cussler’s The Mediterranean Caper , and spent the next four years working in different styles of fiction before settling on novel-length work.
Mr. Blackwood is a U.S. Navy veteran, having spent three years active duty aboard the guided missile frigate USS Ford as an Operations Specialist and a Pilot Rescue Swimmer.
Two months after leaving the Navy in July 1987, Mr. Blackwood started the first draft of his first novel, which as he puts it, “wasn’t good enough to be published, but good enough to earn a spot in my sock drawer. It took me several more years of rewriting before I realized the publishers and agents who’d been saying ‘no’ were saying no for a good reason.”
Twelve years to the day after leaving the Navy, Mr. Blackwood received an offer from Penguin-Putnam/Berkley to buy his second novel, The End of Enemies, which hit the stands May 8th.
Mr. Blackwood is 36 years old and lives in Minnesota, where he is working on this next novel, the second in the Briggs Tanner series of thrillers, which is due out in Spring/Summer of 2002.
Cussler is an internationally recognized authority on shipwrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, (NUMA) a 501C3 non-profit organization (named after the fictional Federal agency in his novels) that dedicates itself to preserving American maritime and naval history. He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers have discovered more than 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites including the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, the Confederacy's Hunley, and its victim, the Union's Housatonic; the U-20, the U-boat that sank the Lusitania; the Cumberland, which was sunk by the famous ironclad, Merrimack; the renowned Confederate raider Florida; the Navy airship, Akron, the Republic of Texas Navy warship, Zavala, found under a parking lot in Galveston, and the Carpathia, which sank almost six years to-the-day after plucking Titanic's survivors from the sea.
In September, 1998, NUMA - which turns over all artifacts to state and Federal authorities, or donates them to museums and universities - launched its own web site for those wishing more information about maritime history or wishing to make donations to the organization. (www.numa.net).
In addition to being the Chairman of NUMA, Cussler is also a fellow in both the Explorers Club of New York and the Royal Geographic Society in London. He has been honored with the Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding underwater exploration.
Cussler's books have been published in more than 40 languages in more than 100 countries. The author lives in Arizona.
Biography courtesy of Penguin Group (USA)
The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered Cussler's 1996 nonfiction book, The Sea Hunters, equivalent to a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in 1997.
Cussler is a fellow in the Explorers Club of New York and the Royal Geographic Society in London, and has been granted the Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding underwater exploration.
cjw813
Posted July 27, 2011
Another winner for the Fargo's. It seems that all Mr. Cussler's books end too quickly. I could barely put this one down. The action was non-stop. The story inventive and the mountains views mouth-watering.
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Posted June 20, 2011
An interesting, with periods of bogged-down casual conversation and admiration between the characters (Fargo's),adventure type book. Some conveniences and sudden access to high tech gadgets, in the remotest corners of the world, are a bit unbelievable if not downright impossible. The book does keep one's interest or curiosity going toward discovery of the ultimate prize near the end, the very end. Not exactly a "page turner" as others in this series.
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Posted July 8, 2012
Typical cussler, fast paced, enjoyable characterd,involved plots.
Probably why Ive read eveything he has written.....
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Posted December 13, 2012
Another great thriller from Clive Cussler, I love the Fargo Adventure series. Great action without all the blood & guts that is Dirk Pitt.
Mr. & Mrs Fargo are off across the globe again to solve another mystery and bring another relic to the modern world. Dirk Pitt may be my favorite, but the Fargos are closing the gap!
Another great read from Mr. Cussler, Enjoy.
BDB65
Posted November 27, 2012
This is a great book for history buffs. It has the right amount of adventure, history and technology possibilities. It was hard to put down and kept you right into the action!
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Posted November 4, 2012
These are amazing stories, this is Fargo adventure #3!
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Posted October 4, 2012
Prince aleshs kingdom.
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Posted August 30, 2012
Good reading but much shorter than other Cussler books
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Posted August 21, 2012
Well, you don't seem mean.
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Posted July 24, 2012
As always, Clive Cussler weaves a good tale for his followers.
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Posted July 4, 2012
My first Fargo Adventure, with Sam and Remi Fargo, treasure hunters. They are called in by Charles King, billionaire, to help locate his long-lost father and one of their friends, who has disappeared looking for him. It doesn't take them long to realize that they are being used, to find a treasure, and that they are actually in danger, themselves. The hunt takes them all over the place. Typical Cussler...hard to put down. I've yet to lay hands on a Cussler book, even a co-written one, that wasn't good.
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Posted June 18, 2012
This book was a gift for Father's Day. This was the first Clive Cussler novel I have read involving the Fargos. I loved it. It was a great read. I shall read the other books in the Fargo Series. Don't miss this one. Read it.
Anonymous
Posted June 17, 2012
He doesnt have a story he ains a arrow at the bench
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Posted June 17, 2012
I nod.
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Posted August 21, 2012
Believe me....everyone calls me an a**hole in time...*he stands up* so...sorry for wasting your time....
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Posted May 10, 2012
This is a typical Cussler book. It starts out slow then adds a BUNCH of cahracters. Then ends with many things going on thatlead you to the end of the book. This is a very good read.
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Posted April 27, 2012
Result three
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Posted March 31, 2012
It's incredible! I thought Spartan Gold and Lost Kingdom were great and this one is right up there. Clive Cussler, your Fargo adventures are nothing short of staggering! Some of the best adventure novels I've ever read. I swear, Sam and Remi give Indiana Jones a run for his money, I can't wait for the next one to release. I'm recommending all three of these books to everyone I know who loves a good treasure hunt!
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Posted January 10, 2012
I really liked this book one of best. Lots of twist and turns. For me it could have been longer. I will be reading it again
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Posted October 12, 2011
Love the Fargo series. I love how Cussler combines history with a mystery and the adventure of following the Fargo's. I would highly love to see these made into movies also but the books are always the best.
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Overview
Sam and Remi Fargo return for the thrilling third adventure in the acclaimed new series.
In Spartan Gold and Lost Empire, Clive Cussler brought readers into the world of husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo, whose passion and instinct for treasure-hunting has led to extraordinary discoveries-and perilous journeys.
Their next adventure, however, might be their most astonishing yet.
The Fargos are used to ...