Skeleton Coast

Du Brul and Cussler succeed again! The Corporation is a mercenary private enterprise for hire by any government agency that can afford its fees. Juan Cabrillo, the Chairman, runs his black ops from a ship called "The Oregon". Disguised as an overused, out of date, non-descript mercantile vessel that' Leggi tutto

The late, great Clive Cussler lives on through his amazing adventure novels. With plenty of excitement and intensity, this is a prime example of the author's skilled writing.

Chairman of the Corporation Juan Cabrillo and his mercenary crew steer the Oregon into battle against a militant leader and his cult-like followers.. To be honest the final confrontation with the main antagonist was weak and I expected a lot more. Also his "cult like" followers were only cult like in Leggi tutto

This took me longer to read than I thought it would. It starts out with a story in the past to set things up for later in the book before jumping to "the present day". The technology introduced in this book is pretty cool, overall (view spoiler) [the pumps used to heat the water to help create more powerful hurrica (hide spoiler)] Leggi tutto

I am definitely hooked on the Oregon Files series now. As always, fast paced with some historical background. I can’t wait for the next one!

Skeleton Coast is the fourth book of the series, The Oregon Files . In this installment, the crew of The Oregon take on African rebel armies, eco terrorists, "giant snakes" and search for a cache of lost diamonds - all in a day's work. As usual, this is a fun, adrenaline-filled story with lots of hig Leggi tutto

Amazing book! I love that it goes into depth of the main characters but also stays true to Clive Cussler fashion of hard hitting adventure, action, and a bit of off hand humor. I could not put it down and even have the audio version so I can listen to it at work.