#135 in Adventure
Valhalla Rising
- 544
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Valhalla Rising”, Clive Cussler’s sixteenth Dirk Pitt novel, is a full-scale sea adventure that opens with disaster aboard a luxury cruise liner. When the Emerald Dolphin, driven by a radical new engine, catches fire and sinks, Pitt helps rescue the passengers and then searches the wreck for signs of sabotage. Some readers who met it young remember it as great fun. With conspiracy and piracy in the mix, Pitt fans know what they are getting.
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About the book
Valhalla Rising is Clive Cussler's thrilling sixteenth Dirk Pitt adventure. Sabotage, conspiracy and piracy in the air, and below the waves, finds Dirk Pitt plunged into his most dangerous adventure yet. When the luxury cruise lined Emerald Dolphin - powered by a revolutionary new propulsion system - becomes a raging inferno and sinks mysteriously, it is lucky that NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt is on hand to rescue the passengers and investigate the tragedy. Sifting through the undersea wreckage for signs of foul play, Pitt is unaware of powerful, dark forces player their hand against him. Forced to fight for his life - and those of friends and colleagues - against evermore ruthless enemies from a shadowy organisation, Pitt finds himself caught between the secrets of the past and the intrigues of the future. A future that will hold the world to ransom... Filled with breathtaking suspense and dazzling action, Valhalla Rising sees Clive Cussler at the height of his storytelling powers. Valhalla Rising is the sixteenth of Clive Cussler's bestselling Dirk Pitt novels - the series that also includes Atlantis Found and, his first novel, Mayday - in which our hero finds himself caught up in a web of shipwrecks and dark secrets. Praise for Clive Cussler: 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail 'The guy I read' Tom Clancy
Reading order · Dirk Pitt
Full order & progress →- The Mediterranean CaperStart here
7.47.4 / 10 - Iceberg
7.67.6 / 10 - Raise the Titanic!
7.77.7 / 10 - Vixen 03
7.87.8 / 10 - Night Probe!
7.77.7 / 10 - Pacific Vortex!
7.67.6 / 10 - Deep Six
7.87.8 / 10 - Cyclops
7.87.8 / 10 - Treasure
7.87.8 / 10 - Dragon
–Not ranked yet - Sahara
7.97.9 / 10 - Inca Gold
7.87.8 / 10 - Shock Wave
–Not ranked yet - Flood Tide
7.57.5 / 10 - Atlantis Found
7.77.7 / 10 - Valhalla RisingThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - Trojan OdysseyTrojan Odyssey–Not ranked yet
- Black Wind
7.67.6 / 10 - Treasure of Khan
–Not ranked yet - Arctic Drift
–Not ranked yet - Crescent Dawn
–Not ranked yet - Poseidon's Arrow
–Not ranked yet - Havana Storm
–Not ranked yet - Odessa Sea
–Not ranked yet - Celtic Empire
–Not ranked yet - Clive Cussler's The Devil's SeaClive Cussler's The Devil's Sea–Not ranked yet
- Clive Cussler's The Corsican ShadowClive Cussler's The Corsican Shadow–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 61 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 29% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.2 | 11 | 18% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 50 | 82% |
Frequently asked
How long is Valhalla Rising?
It has 544 pages — longer than 83% of the ranked books in Adventure.
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