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Plague ship : a novel from the Oregon files / Clive Cussler with Jack Du Brul.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cussler, Clive. Oregon files adventures ; 5.Publication details: Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin, 2009.Description: 631 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780718153441
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Fiction Davis (Central) Library Fiction Collection Fiction Collection CUSS 1 Available T00561128
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

For four novels, Clive Cussler has charted the exploits of the Oregon , a covert ship completely dilapidated on the outside, but on the inside packed with sophisticated weaponry and intelligence-gathering equipment. Captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo and manned by a crew of former military and spy personnel, it is a private enterprise, available to any government agency that can afford it - and now Cussler sends the Oregon on its most extraordinary mission yet.

The crew has just completed a top-secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf, when they come across a cruise ship adrift at sea. Hundreds of bodies litter its deck, and as Cabrillo tries to determine what happened, explosions rack the length of the ship.

Barely able to escape with his own life and that of the liner's sole survivor, Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate - and as perilous - as any he has ever known, and pitted against a cult with monstrously lethal plans for the human race... plans he may already be too late to stop.

Plague Ship is a high-stakes, high-seas journey that proves once again that Cussler is the Grandmaster of adventure.

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Previously published: Michael Joseph, 2008.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

Capt. Juan Cabrillo sails his covert spy ship, the Oregon, into dangerous waters after encountering a cruise ship adrift with hundreds of dead passengers aboard. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

In the dependably entertaining if less than top-notch fifth Oregon Files thriller from bestseller Cussler and Du Brul (after Skeleton Crew), Capt. Juan Cabrillo, who heads the Corporation, a covert military company for hire, and the multifaceted crew of the Oregon, a high-tech ship disguised to look like a tramp steamer, take on a group known as the Responsivists. The Responsivists publicly espouse a program of global population control, but are secretly planning a devastating attack on the human race utilizing a virulent virus found aboard an ancient ship that may be Noah's Ark. The authors are up to their usual high standards when in fighting mode, though the chief villain, the doctor who heads the Responsivists, falls short of Juan's billing as "the single-most-evil human being I have ever met." Readers may wish that next time out the bad guys put up more of a struggle. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

Cussler is back yet again. For those readers who are still counting, this is his thirty-sixth book (some were cowritten with other authors). This is the fifth novel involving the spy ship Oregon and what Cussler labels a highly unorthodox captain and crew. The vessel is loaded with complex weapons and intelligence-gathering equipment. It's back from a secret mission against Iran when it spots a cruise ship adrift in the water. Its deck is littered with hundreds of bodies, and then it explodes. There are more than 500 pages of intrigue and action, and, as usual, the good guys defeat the bad guys in the end. It's a 600,000-copy first printing, so librarians should be prepared.--Cohen, George Copyright 2008 Booklist

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