Sinsull:
In an act of great bravery, I will tell you that once a year I buy a dirk Pitt book - and though I must say that they tend to be zenophobic inspite of including multi ethnic heroic charactors... Cussler tells a good story, even if it is the same story over and over again! But, there is always a good hook ghost train, airplane under a lake, that sort of thing. I read his book on underwater exploration, and there are two sides to the story about his help, but then again, it is also true that folks like the bunch of us who are not mainstream, are seldom thanked for the work they do, so it is possible he was as central in the finding as he clames.
Cheers,
Larrry