Congratulations to Maurizio Manzieri for becoming the official artist for "The Chase". We can't wait for the entire artwork to be revealed!

http://manzierimeetscussler.blogspot.com/2...-fall-2007.html

You may recall Maurizio Manzieri created the amazing artwork for the Italian Night Probe edition.



The Chase is due out in November 6, 2007.


The Chase by Clive Cussler


A turn of the century adventure novel about a ruthless bank robber, who leaves no one alive behind robbing bank after bank by non intrusively first blending into a town, then fading away unnoticed, therefore not missed by a soul. Justice is pursued by Isaac Bell, a charismatic detective, wealthy enough to spend his days in leisure, but too young for inactivity, whose vocation in life is catching criminals who think their wits give them license to break the law and get away with it. Cussler is in his best form and setting aside Dirk Pitt, does not seem a setback at all. Those with a taste for fast cars will not be disappointed as Clive masterfully shifts to locomotives’ chase. Step by step he tantalizes the reader to an unexpected conclusion

Excellent. Bring it on!

Now I have another book to look forward to.

Wow, a non DP book!! Woooohoooooo....can't wait to see this new adventure!!!! w:

Haha, when I saw the first pic in the post I thought it was the one for The Chase and thought "Man, that train looks an awful lot like the one on the Night Probe covers." :lol:

Oh, and I'm definitely looking forward to a book that has Clive's name on it yet is actually written by CLIVE. It's been awhile...

It looks like Christmas will come early this year!! party: beer: th:

Any idea who the main charaters in the book will be? It's always good to have a new Cussler book no matter who's in it though. :lol:

Beyond the ruthless bank robber & Issac Bell the charismatic detective, one has to wonder if an old prospector named Cussler might make a guest appearance??

THE CHASE by Cussler - The Cover unveiled!

Close Encounters with Clive Cussler

So... they really just copied the Italian Night Probe? Is anyone else as dissappointed as I am about this? Granted, I love the artwork, but c'mon... two completely different books with nearly identical covers?

Well I'm not quite sure how a train in the old west can end up in the water, so I'm more confused than anything else.

Isaac Bell, this should be interesting. The old west is a land of deserts and dunes, quite the opposite from the NUMA, ocean life we see in most Cussler books.

This might give you an idea of where the train fits in!

For decades, Clive Cussler has been delighting readers with novels filled with suspense, action, and sheer audacity. Now he does it again, in one of the wildest, most entertaining historical thrillers in years.
April 1950: The rusting hulk of a steam locomotive rises from the deep waters of a Montana lake. Inside is all that remains of three men who died forty-four years before. But it is not the engine or its grisly contents that interest the people watching nearby. It is what is about to come next . . .

1906: For two years, the western states of America have been suffering an extraordinary crime spree: a string of bank robberies by a single man who cold-bloodedly murders any and all witnesses and then vanishes without a trace. Fed up by the depredations of the "Butcher Bandit," the U.S. government brings in the best man they can find-a tall, lean, no-nonsense detective named Isaac Bell, who has caught thieves and killers coast to coast.

But Bell has never had a challenge like this one. From Arizona to Colorado to the streets of San Francisco during its calamitous earthquake and fire, he pursues what is quickly becoming clear to him is the sharpest criminal mind he has ever encountered, and the woman who seems to hold the key to the bandit's identity. Using science, deduction, and intuition, Bell repeatedly draws near only to grasp at thin air, but at least he knows his pursuit is having an effect. Because his quarry is getting angry now, and has turned the chase back on him. The hunter has become the hunted. And soon it will take all of Isaac Bell's skills not merely to prevail . . . but to survive.

beer:

Wow, when you put it that way... who cares what the cover looks like. It's what's on the inside that sounds great!

Erik, didn't your mother ever tell you never to judge a book by its cover? I mean, honestly, and you being a Cussler guru as well... :P :lol:

I have to admit, it's an interesting one to use an "old" cover but I guess this time the wonderful art will be seen by a much, much wider audience?

beer:

Bell dies too? Oh this should be interesting. I am so in.

Although, as much as I want to read this, I really want to see Dirk Cussler's next Dirk Pitt Jr. book.

Are you sure the next book is a Dirk Pitt Jr. adventure?

Interesting.

The first Cussler to book to *start* in the present with a prolouge and have the main story take place in the *past*

Too bad he can't do that with a Dirk story,and give us one of their teenage years ;)

Interestingly, the proof copy of The Chase has this artwork ...

I remember reading that the books would switch from a Sr. to Jr. and back and forth. Since Khan was a Sr. book, it looks like Dirk and Jack have the starring role in the next one. And considering how good Black Wind was, I'm really excited.

The Chase on Amazon.com!

http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0399154388/re...&pf_rd_i=507846

Provides a few other clues and details too!

beer:

Wow, definitely getting this book. The inclusion of the San Francisco earthquake should prove quite interesting. However, I'm going to call it, right here, Bell does not die, but rather switches places with one of the bodies found in the train.

I found another cover for The Chase. Kind of cool looking. It might be the European or British version of the book.

It's nice to only see one name on the cover. We know we're getting the genuine article, and that somebody else didn't do all the work while CC gets all the credit. Can't wait to read it!

Again looking forward to another cussler book ,is this a stand alone novel or has clive cussler once again got the fans salavating for more, only time will tell .

My Parents got me The Chase for my Birthday,


It is soooooooooooooooooooooooo good I hardley can put it down at all.


I would read another Iassc Bell book :)

I've Just finished it!.

What a cracking book! th:

Reminds me of his earlier writing style.

Not to detract from the Pitt series, but I hope he writes more stories like this one.

Quickest I have read a Cussler in a long while.

Mal.

I just Finished it It was so good that I hope Clive Cussler will write another Issac Bell adventures

Just finished it on my plane ride home today, wow. When I heard Cussler was writing a western I was skeptical, what with his preference for outlandish, even futuristic technology (Max, anyone?). That was not a Western. It was a great crime novel that captured a time era perfectly.

The Butcher Bandit and Margaret were great villains, with the brother/sister aspect as well as the use of other's resources to kickstart their financial empire brought to mind Borjin and Tatiana from ToK, but this time it worked really well. Cromwell was one of Cussler's best villains. Sadly, Isaac Bell was just boring. I mean, the Pitts have a great witty and cynical personality, but Bell just felt devoid of anything. I honestly did not like him as a protagonist, and found the supporting heroes (Bronson, Irvine) more interesting. Also, the earthquake's afteraffects were cool, but I would have loved to see more of the earthquake itself. It felt that Bell was acting to that as a background rather than reacting to the quake.

Still, Cussler has REALLY improved on his action/chase scenes. Unlike Treasure, where Dirk's chase to the island was boring and drawn out, the cat and mouse games between Bell and Cromwell were great. Running him down in San Diego, the shootout in Telluride, it was all good. The final chase at the end was really well done, and the climax was great. Glad to see Margaret redeem herself, but I honeslty expected Cromwell to shoot her in the end.

Definitely one of Cussler's best. 4.5/5

I just put it on hold at the library. Can't wait!

I just finished the book and enjoyed it as much as the other series Clive has created. Bell is a great character and the ending of the book was a great summation to the adventure of both his chase of the butcher bandit and his narcissistic sister as well as the love affair with his beautiful wife. As the book ended, it left me sad that as he and the mother of his children, his one true love in life, rode off into the sunset together in their 1950 Packard Convertible, that he was then retired and we might not see anymore criminals brought to justice by the adventurous Isaac Bell.

Excellent book. :D

I have been a Dirk Pitt fan from day one. Also his other characters but I have found some slight errors while reading....mentioning the wrong name of a ship when two are involved, other little slip ups that make you go back to recheck - it has never totally detracted from reading the story until this last book.....The Chase. I waited patiently for my turn at the one week library loan copy here in a small town in Canada. Within the first four chapters with so many contradictions and errors, I continued to read, waiting for some unusual twist to explain these discrepancies....but the errors just kept adding up. I will state here and now, I have 30 pages left to read....still waiting. I will humbly apologize if something happens in these last pages to explain all the "errors".

If this forum has any way to contact Clive Cussler or his publisher; or even passing this info along; I can give page numbers. All you Clive Cussler fans who say he wrote this last book on his own with a brand new character Isaac Bell - maybe he should keep a second writer on board to correct his timelines. How can anyone of you that actually read this book not find the chronological sequences sooooo out of sink. Bisbee, January 1906, Rhyolite, March 1906, ...then according to meeting on river boat, Bell does not enter picture until SEPTEMBER, 1906. While investigating in Bisbee in May, 1906, Bell talks to the Sheriff who states, "you mean the robbery four months ago". Then Bell goes to Rhyolite in July, 1906 (on page 27) and gets a telegraph while there to say the bank in Salt Lake City was robbed. There are numerous mentions of the different seasons......June at one time, then while driving to San Diego....the spring fields, March, September....Tuesday, April 17, 1906....the day before the San Franscico earthquake. The actual earthquake is documented as April 18, 1906.......so HOW CAN BELL BE INVOLVED WHEN HE WAS NOT HIRED BEFORE SEPTEMBER, 1906. That one date is not the only problem...In the beginning of one chapter, June is mentioned...hot, desert sun, in another, the guard's gun in one robbery changes from a .45 caliber 1906 Colt to a .38 Smith & Wesson which can't be confused with Eliah Ruskins (Cromwell)'s .38 caliber Colt in March, 1906. Without listing all the page numbers and errors, it is very disheartening to read a novel by a world class author that obviously was not proof read. Then all you enthusiastic fans, except for one member who had issues with the train, did not pick out any errors.

Regardless, the grand finale is staged around the San Franscico earthquake....that was April, 1906....so why would June come into play prior to the earthquake.

I am a voracious reader, and it bugs the H out of me, that the author, himself/herself does not take the time to "work out the date/time/colour/little details" that distract from the whole reading experience. Then it gets past the editors and publishers.

Anyways, I spoke my piece. Take another look at The Chase...even the drawings are out of place.....the first robbery black and white drawing shows a man on a bicycle wearing a sombero; but the caption states Cromwell on his Harley-Davidson! Bisbee - Harley/Rhyolite - Bicycle/Sombero. If anyone is interested in "catching the other errors", post them here. (or not)

Go back and check it out!

Hi runt and welcome to the forum!

I have just finished reading The Chase and I'm in the process of re-reading it. Whilst its a riveting story that was hard to put down, the book is full of discrepencies that jolts the reader out of captivation. I have so far sent an email to Clive's publicist about DuBrul's ommision from the credit page and I intend to inquire further as to what goes on over at Putnam that overlooks such glaring mistakes.

Cheers ... Tony

ps. I'm surprised you didn't mention the Curtis/Carter clash! det:

Or the fact that a Locomobile running over unpaved roads was able to arrive at the same time as a train running on tracks.
Or that the same Locomobile with 4 flat tires left a shower of sparks as it ran over the tracks but every picture shows the 1906 Locomobile with wooden rims.
pg 86- Bell is talking to the boy with a thicket of uncombed curly light brown hair,but pg 81 with the same boy has a sea of unruly red hair :unsure:

He really needs to change proof-readers........other than that I thought it was a really refreshing change of pace.

Tony I support you in contacting the publicist and I hope you refer to the NUMA and Oregon files as well. The confusion in Skeleton coast between Kalahari & Namib desert was ridiculous - those are facts you can check on Wikipedia.

Few people agree with me but I consider it as an insult towards fans if authors & publishers don't attend to the details. One can expect some errors, but glaring obvious factual errors and a large number of the rest is just not acceptable.

det: and kisses

I did not list all the glaring errors...yes, guys, I caught those same ones. I did not want to be a negative spoiler as his books are great reading except for having to turn back pages to make sure YOU aren't the one losing your mind.

Kudos. I hope this issue gets some attention from publishers and Clive.

Thanks for the support

runt

w: A good read, despite the host of errors. th: th: th:

I made my wife by one for me for Christmas...she argued that I'd know what I was getting for Christmas... I told her that getting the book isn't the suprise, its what's in the book! :) cop:

Just finished The Chase. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Would read another Issac Bell story if there are more to come.

Prefer the UK/European cover art for over the US art. US looks too much like Night Probe.

Wow been ages since I've been for a visit.
Hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas! I did. Especially when I opened one gift that was my favourite author! I received The Chase for Christmas and while I'm still reading it something has caught my attention.
Now I must first point out that because I am still reading it I have not read any other posts, so maybe this has already been pointed out. Then again maybe I'm just nit-picking because I'm Canadian...either way.

I happened to notice on the inside cover the illustration of the USA showing all the rail routes that the "Butcher Bandit" has used. And if you look towards the top just above Montana there's a little triangle with Montreal beside it. May not seem like anything but as a Canadian I feel the need to point out that the triangle and Montreal are actually situated in what would be the province of Alberta, close to British Columbia. Absolutely no where near Montreal, Quebec.

So again maybe I'm just being nit-picky. Happy Holidays at any rate everyone!!