Plague Ship (Oregon Files) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Clive Cussler, Jack Dubrul
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 191935
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 13
Pages: 5
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0143143085
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780143143086
ASIN: 0143143085
Publication Date: June 3, 2008
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 Kept Me Riveted To My Seat August 20, 2008
I'll admit to being a tad disappointed in some of Clive's latest efforts, but combined with Jack DuBrul, this brings him back to the top of the heap. Despite being over 500 pages long, I read it in a day and a half.
Cussler and DuBrul have a writing style that fits me like a glove. Though it is a formula, it is what I come to expect from them, and the whole reason I seek out their books. It is easy to read, exciting, and follows most of the "rules" of writing. In this one, I noticed lots of times where they mix points of view within scenes, and though that is a big no-no for new writers, it did not detract from a great story.
The premise of sterilizing the world to stave off overpopulation kept my attention, especially when it is propagated by another flake religion. Though that plot device has been used before, in many different forms, it kept me wanting to find out what happens next.
The characters are pretty much larger than life (translate that to "unrealistic," as some think), but often, I like my heroes to be that way. Cussler and DuBrul never cross the line into the ridiculous, and keep their heroes and villains out of comic book territory.
After reading Plague Ship, I can't wait until the next one. If you are a Cussler fan, you should not be disappointed. Highly recommended.
 "...civilization would never recover ... this thing is a doomsday weapon" August 19, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Rough-and-tumble adventure at sea with high-tech; Clive Cussler owns the genre. Plague Ship (Oregon Files) is the fourth book of the Oregon series but the first that I've read and it was no surprise to find a fantastic story line and implausible derring-do. Just what I was hoping for!
The Oregon series features Juan Cabrillo and his Corporation. Cabrillo is an ex-CIA operative turned paramilitary mercenary. Along with his hand-picked team he takes assignments mainly from the CIA. Oregon is the Corporation's base ship, a rust bucket refitted for speed, maneuverability and anonymity.
PLAGUE SHIP's plot is built around an organization called the Responsivists, whose aim is to redistribute wealth by population reduction; the plot is too complex to summarize easily but be assured that it's full of wild chases and battles on land and sea. Cabrillo and his Corporation achieve several rescues of team members from impossibly dangerous situations; there are some "MacGyver moments" and some exciting technology. The outcome is never in doubt.
This series is co-authored, in this case by Jack Du Brul, but it bears Cussler's stamp. I found it well written and fun, a four-star read. My main issues (besides predictability) were the rather lame "bracketing story" in the prologue and epilogue, and the possibly too-large Corporation team. Juan Cabrillo is no Dirk Pitt, but he does rule his operation with flair. I will definitely read more from this series.
Linda Bulger, 2008
A fine tense drama, perfect for audio lending libraries August 18, 2008
Jason Culp's acting abilities are well known and he holds many TV credits to his name as well as other audio productions, so his rendition of PLAGUE SHIP will especially please any who seek professional readers and highly charged recordings of dramas. Here the covert ship Oregon's adventures continue with a top secret mission in the Persian Gulf affected by the discovery of a cruise ship littered with bodies. The mystery that evolves could affect the Oregon and beyond in this fine tense drama, perfect for audio lending libraries.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
The Best Adventure Novel This Year August 7, 2008
The indomitable crew of the Oregon has just relieved the Iranian navy of a couple of Soviet missiles and delivered them to the USA when they see a ship where a ship shouldn't be on their radar, apparently foundering. Thoughts of a fat salvage fee disappear immediately when they get close enough to see that the cruise liner, Golden Dawn, is a ship of death, with hundreds of bodies littering her decks. They rescue a lone survivor before a series of explosions sinks the vessel and they barely escape with their lives. Once back aboard the Oregon, they find that second-in-command Max Hanley's son has run off with a cult called the Responsivists. Corporation Chairman Juan Cabrillo is intrigued when they also find that the ill-fated Golden Dawn was filled with Responsivists when the tragedy occurred. He starts to think there's a lot more to the organization than their belief in population control when the Corporation's snatch of Max's son Kyle is met with such well-armed resistance. Their investigation uncovers a sinister plot to be perpetrated upon the entire world, and the Corporation must find out how to stop it.
I often wondered, while reading this book, if Clive Cussler wasn't actually doing about half the writing, because it felt like the height of the Dirk Pitt series in many ways. Du Brul's Phillip Mercer books lack the technical descriptions of engines, aircraft, and boats that always spiced up a Pitt adventure, but this book bristled with them. I also suspect du Brul must have immersed himself heavily into the world of Pitt before writing this because the book was chock-full of fun Cussleresque similes. This series, which I have liked since its inception, really hit its stride with last year's Skeleton Coast, but this book seemed to take it up a notch, delivering nonstop action with character development all around. We spend most of our time with Juan Cabrillo, but we also get to know several members of the crew through their exploits. Lovers of adventure thrillers should sail through this novel like the Oregon on a glassy sea. It's a class act from beginning to end, and featuring a dynamic duo of the well-seasoned talent of the patriarch of the genre, Clive Cussler, and the only other writer I know of with the same amount of talent to carry on when Clive sadly one day retires. Thank goodness that day seems a long way off. For now, this has become THE series to read if you love adventure fiction. Everything else pales in comparison.
Great couple of CD's but missing 3rd August 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The cd is great for the first time listner. It gives a lot of history on the creation of the Corporation and the Oregon. There are intimate details on the crew and how they joind the Corporation. The only problem is I was shipped only 12 of the 13 Cd'd. Now I am in limbo. I don't know what to do.
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