Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: A compelling novel of life against death.

Iceberg by Clive Cussler is a gripping story of Dirk Pitt and his ideas to disrupt Russia's plans once again. Cussler gets you in the action and never truly takes you out. Pitt is cool and calm under the most nearly impossible situations. Cussler shows a side to stories that no other author has. The ability to grab you and not let you go. Once you start reading you can not put the novel down. Cussler makes even the most skeptical readers as myslef, enjoy reading. Maybe that's because you don't think you're reading, you believe you're out in the middle of Russia trying to foil the bad guy's plans. I give Cussler a pure ten. Cussler shows that he is truly an untouchable author in my opinion.