Lost Empire, A Fargo Adventure

 

I must have read at least 10 Clive Cussler books in the 70’s and 80’s, but I got a bit tired of his formula for Dirk Pitt, who was mostly a two-dimensional hero. What I loved about the books were the grand adventures that happen while Pitt solved incredible mysteries, travelled the world, and dove into relevant history, all at the same time. Currently, it was at a moment that I had run out of audiobooks that I found Lost Empire on the Libby app, a book that was published in 2010. Unfortunately, after a prolific career, Clive died in 2000, so the books that are now under his title, are written by someone else, this one Grant Blackwood.

 

Mr. Blackwood made a great effort to mimic Cussler’s style. This one had a grand adventure, and the story spanned the U.S. and Africa, while also touching down in some other locations. Rather than just one primary hero, Blackwood wrote about the married treasure hunters, Sam and Remy Fargo. They lived in a great home in La Jolla which is near my home in Southern California. And, Sam and Remy Fargo had a great team of women to assist them with research and logistics. There was more depth of character to Fargo’s crew than existed with the very early Cussler books. This was a story about the current corrupt president of Mexico, his attempt to hide the information about the true origin the Aztecs, and his use of the false information to heighten his own popularity. This one is a good airplane book, one that could entertain you during a cross country flight.