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Revision as of 19:45, 9 January 2013 by Evertw (talk | contribs) (→Plot: Fixed a typo)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)| Author | Clive Cussler & Grant Blackwood |
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| Language | English (American English) |
| Series | Fargo Adventures |
| Genre | Thriller novel |
| Publisher | Putnam |
| Publication date | September 1, 2009 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 384 pp {first hardcover edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-399-15642-9 (first edition, hardcover) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Followed by | 'Lost Empire (2011) |
Spartan Gold is a Fargo adventure novel. The two main characters of the Fargo novels are adventurers Sam Fargo and his wife, Remi. Spartan Gold is the first book of the Fargo series. The book's hardcover edition was first published September 1, 2009. Other editions of this novel were released on various dates after the hardcover edition's debut.
Plot
Clive Cussler introduces a new team of adventurers with this book, the Fargos, who have a knack for stumbling into the plots of evil egomaniacs. This adventure starts when they stumble across a one-man World War II German submarine, which is still intact. Inside, they find a bottle that they discover came from Napoleon's "lost wine cellar." Immediately, representatives of power-hungry millionaire Hadeon Bondaruk attempt to get the bottle at any cost. They begin a quest to discover why this bottle so important that Bondaruk is willing to kill to get it. This adventure takes the Fargos to the Bahamas and over much of Europe before they discover Bondaruk's evil plans for regional domination.
Co-author Clive Cussler has a habit of making cameo appearances in many of his novels. In this one he makes a brief appearance when the Fargos are hunting for one of Napoleon's wine bottles on Rum Cay, in the Bahamas.
Reviews
The Amazon.com website, as of October 2012, had 123 customer reviews of Spartan Gold and the reviewers gave the book an average of three stars out of five stars. The Good Reads website as of the same date had 295 reviews of the book. Reviewers gave it an average of 3.71 stars of five possible stars.
References
- This book was also released as an Amazon Kindle Edition, as a paperback edition and as various audio and CD editions.
- Amazon.com website, http://www.amazon.com/Spartan-Gold-A-Fargo-Adventure/dp/B004J8HUFC/ref=ttm_hrd_title_0 ; Good Reads website, at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/626396-spartan-gold .
- Amazon.com website.
- Good Reads website.