Stop cringing. Everyone likes Clive Cussler. If you’re ever in doubt about what to get your Dad for Christmas, you can bet the new CC action/adventure thriller will be just the ticket.

Clive Cussler writes boy books. Strong heroes, damsels in distress, lashings of cutting edge military hardware and, of course, cool cars.

Do I even need to mention the plot? Dirk Pitt, adventurer extraordinaire (and one-man army when his dander is up) discovers the ruins of Atlantis. The Nazis have got there first however, and working from a secret base in Argentina they’re cooking up a new plan for world domination. Naturally, Dirk tears them a new arsehole. Just like in real life.

Clive Cussler books are tailor made for a rainy winter’s afternoon. That’s about how long they take to read, too. They’re the book equivalent of an Indiana Jones movie and I love them.

4 stars.