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Originally Posted by haertig
OK, let me ask this next question then. I really like James Rollins. His "individual adventures" (Subterranean, Ice Hunt, Amazonia, etc.) as well as his Sigma Force series. But I've gone through most all of these, with only a few left before I'm all done.
Cussler is an author I was thinking of as a "replacement" for Rollins, once I finish up all Rollins books. Is that a reasonable conclusion? I'm also looking at Matthew Reilly, Jeremy Robinson, Steve Berry, Chris Kuzneski and D.L Golemon. My favorite Rollins books are the ones that go into fantastical places - underground worlds, etc. These are the kind of books/authors I am wanting to find. Cussler may or may not be it.
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Many of the early Cussler books step back to some, sometimes fantastic, events of the past - and while these intros are generally short, they also generally quite well done. And several of the books do have very interesting settings in the larger contemporary part of the story. For example
Atlantis Found not only finds "Atlantis" but has ships made to ride out world killing tsunami. It's a fun read, and though not a favourite of mine it might appeal as a place to start and see what you think.
Yes, I think you might like Matthew Reilly. I read
Ice Station and
Area 7, quite a while ago now, and they were along these lines, and fun to read.
Steve Worland had a helicopter and a space shuttle doing amusing things in
Velocity. I read this more recently so have review notes that remind me that the early parts of this book read a bit like a product placement advertorial (everything was some brand of something), but it does settle down and I'm hopeful his next books might get better (but haven't tried them yet).