The Tombs, a Fargo Adventure

I’m the only one in the blog who has been reviewing Clive Cussler’s books, so here’s the latest, one that he has again written with a co-author, this time Thomas Perry. I read all the early Cussler works with Dirk Pitt, who is now long-gone from these stories. Dirk got old and needed to retire. The heroes in this book are Sam and Remi Fargo, a married couple that got rich when they sold Sam’s inventions, and now they just go on treasure hunts, of course not for their own wealth, but only for the sake of helping others solve old mysteries. The book starts out in the usual Cussler tradition of a grand adventure, this one being the discovery of the tomb of Attila the Hun. The legend of his burial suggests that incredible riches are buried with Attila, far beyond what turned up with King Tut, but no one has ever found it. The Fargos are called in to help Albrecht Fischer, their academic friend figure out the mysterious clues and complete the discovery. Of course, there are bad guys who want the loot for themselves. The word “tedious” is not a word that I associate with Cussler’s books, but it fits here with regard to two parts of the story. The bad guys kidnapped Remi and Sam came to the rescue, but it took forever. It was the same with the final battle scene in the Fargo’s La Jolla, California mansion. It was a floor-by-floor account that, like Remi’s rescue, was more of a space filler than anything that really kept my interest. It’s not a good sign when I just want a book to be over. This is a fluff novel, not just the light and fun read that I was expecting, and it does not get my recommendation. Disappointing.