Pandora's Curse (Philip Mercer)

by Jack Du Brul

Book Overview

During World War II, in a secret Nazi submarine base, containers crafted entirely from looted wartime gold were hidden away. The treasure was not the solid gold chests, but the cargo they carried --... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451409639
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.3" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Good Exciting Adventure Story Everyone Will Enjoy

I am new to reading a Jack Du Brul solo book, but have read some of the ones Clive Cussler co authored with him. I have recently read three more of his books since this one and highly recommend his hero and all of the story lines. The action with its twists and turns keeps the reader's interest and moves along at a good pace. The challenges and world wide travels are exciting and it is hard to take a break and put the book down. It is great to discover another new action hero. I look forward to more of his future adventures. DEFINITELY A GOOD READ!

Updated Nazi terror plot

Mining engineer/millionaire/secret agent/explorer/and general do gooder Philip Mercer is at it again. He's been sponsored for membership in the prestigious Surveyor's Society, a collection of explorers, wanna be explorers, and wealthy philanthropists who have nothing better to do than spend their money on explorations. Mercer's membership, a life long ambition, is contingent upon his joining an expedition to uncover Camp Decade, an abandoned U.S. army base on Greenland, presently buried under 30 feet of ice.News of the expedition reaches the executive offices of Kohl Industries, a huge German industrial conglomerate. Kohl led by top executive Klaus Raeder and second in command and Neo-Nazi Gunther Rath, had profited greatly while serving the Nazi cause during WW2. They are presently negotiating reparations to Jewish organizations to keep themselves in good stead. European Nazi hunters simultaneously get wind of the expedition as well. They place German trauma surgeon Annika Klein, a grand daughter of a famous Austrian Nazi hunter in Mercer's group.It seems that Kohl was instrumental in financing the Greenland based "Pandora Plot". The Surveyor Society expedition threatens to expose the plot, weakening Kohl's position in the world market. Kohl's execs are desperate to destroy the evidence of their involvement. They piggy back onto the Society's expedition with a group from a Kohl subsidiary, Geo-Research to secretly destroy the loose ends.The Pandora Plot involved the stealing of Jewish gold by the Nazis. The gold was fashioned into shielding receptacles to hold intensely radioactive fragments of the 1908 Tunguska meteorite which exploded in Siberia. A cache of these boxes lay hidden in an underground cavern in Greenland.While this is happening Pope Leo XIV is organizing what is called the Universal Convocation. Clerics representing all the worlds religions are being brought together on a huge cruise ship which will be sailing in the Denmark Strait between Iceland and Greenland. Mercer's mission is abundantly clear...............save the world.Du Brul fashions a fascinating read in tying together all the fragments of his plot cohesively. He reminds me of Clive Cussler before he got lazy. As Cussler himself says Du Brul is "the finest adventure writer on the scene today". I wholeheartedly agree.

He Did It Again

HE DID IT AGAINI remember picking up Vulcan's Forge in the beginning of 1999. Never heard of this guy Jack DuBrul but the synopsis sounded good to me. So I bought it (Audio Unabridged. I only listen to books). Outstanding book. Went looking for more of his books. What this is the only one he has out. That can't be, the book was too good. But alas Charon's Landing is do out in April. After a big sigh of relief I ordered it from Brilliance audio books. The next April (2000) what do I see but Medusa Stone at my local bookstore. I thought I died and gone to Heaven. Went to Talking Book World and Bought Medusa Stone. This is just to cool here is a young Author that only has three books and they get better and better. I wondered what his next book would be. I know it would be good but could it top the rest. On Sept 5th I see Jack Dubrul's name on this book with a blow away cover had to order it over the Internet because Talking Book World did not have it yet and I could not wait. Pandora's Curse took me to a place that I had prayed never to be stationed at when I spent 20 years in the Air Force. Greenland. Jack's Pandora's Curse showed me parts of Greenland that I never thought could exist. The plot takes so many twist and turns that you feel like you have been on the worlds biggest Roller coaster ride at one of the coldest places on this Planet. I recommend this book to anyone that likes excitement and adventure. Also recommended: anything by Jack Dubrul, Clive Cussler, Patrick Robinson and James W Houston

Fun

I guess that I can understand why some of these elitist reviewers feel the way they do, with their sharp criticisms and barbs. I imagine that no book would ever please them. However, I read Pandora's Curse not to criticize and let everyone know how smart I am, but simply to enjoy an adventure novel, and boy did I enjoy. The only thing I didn't like was Mr. DuBrul's tendency to jump around, but then there are a lot of successful authors who do the same. The end result? I plan on purchasing all of Mr. DuBrul's books ASAP. Highly recommended!!!

Move over Dirk Pitt, Phillip Mercer is here!!

Pandora's Curse is the best book yet by Jack Du Brul. A great mix of humor, romance, and the thrilling action that will leave you exhausted. Phillip Mercer battles the elements in Greenland and Iceland to uncover a horrific secret left over from WWII. The fast paced action will leave you gasping for breath with each twist and turn of the story. Move over Dirk Pitt! Phillip Mercer has arrived! Other books by Jack Du Brul include: Vulcan's Forge, Charon's Landing, and Medusa Stone.

First class adventure story

Phillip Mercer is back and as good as ever. This book combines Nazi and Nazi hunters, religous fanatics and some very interesting premises. This book is a page turner and the type of book that Cussler, Clancy and Ludlum were famous for.I could not put it down and lost a lot of sleep by doing a little reading before I went to bed, the one more chapter kept going on chapter after chapter.If you want a good story that has an intersting premise and in the page turner style of the authors above, read this book.