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Plague Ship (Oregon Files) | 
| Author: Clive Cussler
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: Book
List Price: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 426
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 528
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.5 x 1.8
ISBN: 0399154973
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399154973
ASIN: 0399154973
Publication Date: June 3, 2008
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 Cussler does it again! July 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I haven't read a Cussler book (which is almost every one) that I haven't enjoyed and I put Plague Ship on the top of my list of favorites. I didn't want this story to end. Very timely and not too far fetched plot delivered in an action packed story that I read these books for. After getting wrapped up in the story and characters I stepped back and looked hard at the premise of this book. It will make you think. I don't know where he gets his ideas from, but hopefully they are more fiction then reality.... I have recommended it to two Cussler fanatics that I know as a must read. Can't wait for the next one in November!
Plague Ship July 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the best Cussler novels yet. Could not put it down. The suspense just kept going one problem after another. Good Job Clive Cussler. Keep them coming!!!
Plague Ship July 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book. Cussler just keeps getting better. Looking forward to his next one. The price and fast delivery made it even more enjoyable.
Oregon Files July 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have always been a Cussler fan. I like the characters he has created, from Pitt to Cabrillo. This particular book touches on a subject that gives me concern and that is the over population of our planet and the ramifications of same.The "bad guys" take things overboard and it is up to the Corporation to straighten them out. In typical Cussler fashion, there is a break neck pace set to deal with them, with last minute escapes and heroic efforts. The book is an entertaining read with a potential message lying underneath. If you like Cussler, you will enjoy it, if you are not familiar with his work, it is a good introduction.
 Cussler's star rises again! July 8, 2008
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
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's destined for the scrap yard, the Oregon is actually a state of the art war vessel packed with high-tech intelligence gathering equipment, powerful weaponry and a fully muscled set of magnetohydrodynamic engines that, pushed to flank speed, will give virtually any ship on the high seas a run for its money. If you've read any Clive Cussler novels at all, it won't be a surprise to hear that Cabrillo is right over the top - an entirely unbelievable lead character (think Mr Phelps from Mission Impossible on steroids) leading an equally unbelievable crew with uncanny intelligence and virtually superhuman strength and endurance. The missions they accept in Cussler's Oregon Files series are typically of the "save the world from domination by a nefarious lunatic" variety.
When I reviewed "Golden Buddha", the first in the Oregon Files series, I gave it a grudging single star and swore that I would likely never read another Cussler novel again. Frankly, it was just awful! I abstained for two years but, perhaps it was my past fondness for Cussler's earliest novels that made me relent and pick up "Plague Ship" for another try at Cussler's work.
OK, OK ... nice job, Mr Cussler! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
This time out, Cabrillo and his team of merry men (and women) are pitted against a cult-like organization called The Responsivists who believe in stern birth control measures and a rigid, disciplined reduction in the world birth rate. In marked contrast to its public pacifist exterior, however, the Responsivist leaders are not willing to sit back and simply wring their hands over the world's burgeoning population problem. They intend to do something about it by releasing a virus that will make the Ebola and Marburg viruses look like a case of weekend sniffles. Bio-terrorism is a frightening, timely topic and this time out, Cussler did his fans proud with a well-written high speed thriller that is easily the equal of his earliest Dirk Pitt novels!
And, I confess I particularly enjoy a thriller that is spotted with info-dump sidebars of a technical nature that enhance the thriller without distracting from the pacing of the plot. There was lots of these goodies to enjoy along the way - the physics of ELF (Extremely Long Frequency) radio transmission and reception; the translation of cuneiform and the possible origins of mythological flood stories; the philosophies of cults and de-programming; left over high tech weaponry from the US-Soviet Cold War era; and the use of north-south satellite orbits for space based weaponry as opposed to geosynchronous orbits for weather or communication satellites!
Highly recommended.
Paul Weiss
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