What happened to all the publicity about $9.99 being the top price for any kindle book? Shame on Amazon for lying to all those who purchased a kindle within the first year of it being available. To charge over $15.00 for this drivel is especially inexcusable.

this won't be one of these big-word, heavy thinker type reviews... clive cussler... please!... cussler writes the equalivant of a literary center-fold... eye candy, or in his case, word candy... arctic drift is a good quick read with more current relevance than any other cussler i can recall... liked it... read it fast... on to life's next challenge... you won't be disappointed unless you confuse his stuff with real literature...

When I bought into this Kindle program I felt that it would ultimately be a good value for me. At $16.99 for an electronic book that is NOT a good value. I can get the actual book in the wholesale clubs for about the same amount if not less or I can go to the library and put my name on a wait list. What I will not do is spend more for an electronic book than the usual amount that is charged. That goes for older books that are out in paperback as well. If the electronic price is not significantly reduced to be in line with paperback wholesale club prices I will not buy. If I continue to find that new release prices are higher than the $9.99 price that I was led to believe is the norm then I will return the Kindle. I agree with Mark Schneider. Get with it Amazon!!

Hard to put this delicately. Clive Cussler sux. Talentless formulaic garbage with his own political bias.

I hesitate to call him the "Bill O'Reilly" of fiction because
a) he probably sees that as a complement
b) its hard to discern who is the fictional writer with that comparison.

i wrote a comment , along with several other customers, stating that 16 dollars was a ridiculous price for an electronic version of this book it was erased along with all the other comments. what gives?

You would be hard pressed to find a bigger fan of Dirk Pitt novels than me, and while the anxious 'sit & wait' attitude until the next adventure comes out has softened somewhat with the last 4-5 novels, I gotta admit that it's tough to beat an action-drenched sea-worthy drama like the type produced by the Cussler's.

After being totally UNDER-Whelmed by the cover of 'Arctic Drift' (easily one of the worst in the entire Pitt library), I began with earnest to get back to what I love to do most: become entirely entrenched into a world where NUMA is real and saving the world is as easy as turning the next page. This time around, a completely random discovery that may very well 100% reverse Global Warming has been discovered, only to have another nasty megalomaniac--this time around from Canada--attempt to block it in order to continue to rape the environment for profit, all the while doing his best to look like his company cares about being Green more than almost anyone.

Along the way, Dirk's children, Summer & Dirk Jr. have managed to stumble upon a dangerous arm of our nasty Canadian while doing otherwise boring research half-way to Alaska on the Canadian Coast. Of course everything becomes connected in only the way that Dirk & Co. can manage to be at the right place at the right time to help. The horrible Canadian has done his best to spark what could very well be a major conflict with America, one in which an armed response seems inevitable, and right in the middle: you guessed it...Dirk Jr., Dirk Sr., Summer & Al Giordino. Along the way we discover some interesting History revolving around the efforts to discover a North Passage near the North Pole and what lengths some people will go to in order to add a few million dollars more to their already outrageously huge personal fortune.

While the debate continues to rage about the validity of mans impact on Global Warming vs. a cyclical pattern that the earth adheres to which man simply cannot influence, one thing is certain: Dirk Pitt continues to provide a slam-bang fun ride, this time through the North West Territories.

where is the amazon 9.99 price on this book. Going back to my library

i was prepared to download and begin reading. fortunately i noticed the price.why not 9.99? it is available for less then the kindle price at my local bookstores

Why is this price so high? I can buy this anywhere in hardcover for less. If this is going to be a trend for Kindle I have to rethink my Christmas shopping list.

I read a lot. One reason I purchased a Kindle is the low price for new books. Cussler is a great summer read but why the high Kindle price? Is this a new trend for Amazon?

Why is this price so high? I can buy this anywhere in hardcover for less. If this is going to be a trend for Kindle I have to rethink my Christmas shopping list.

I read a lot. One reason I purchased a Kindle is the low price for new books. Cussler is a great summer read but why the high Kindle price? Is this a new trend for Amazon?