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All the books by Clive Cussler adapted to cinema and television

Clive Cussler is known for being the author of the book Sahara, first published in 1992, which was adapted to cinema by Breck Eisner in 2005.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Sahara. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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Sahara
Clive Cussler, 1992
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Sahara
Breck Eisner, 2005

The story begins in 1865, at the end of the American Civil War. The ironclad CSS Texas, captained by Mason Tombs, is loaded with the last of the Confederacy’s treasury gold in a final effort to prevent it from being captured by Union forces.