Dragon

A Japanese cargo ship loaded with automobiles sinks off the coast of Japan after an unexplained explosion, and the investigation draws Dirk Pitt into a conspiracy that stretches from the forgotten gold reserves buried in Manila during World War II to an ultra-nationalist Japanese sect whose plan to economically destabilize the Western world is dangerously close to execution. Dragon is the tenth Dirk Pitt adventure by Clive Cussler, setting the series' characteristic globe-spanning adventure against the complex history of Japan's relationship with its wartime past.

Scott Brick narrates with the propulsive confidence that Cussler's action-adventure format demands, keeping the novel's elaborate conspiracy and international scope navigable across its nearly eighteen-hour runtime. His performance gives Dirk Pitt the easy heroism and dry wit that define the character in audio, and the novel's escalating geopolitical stakes are handled with the controlled urgency the genre rewards.