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Dark Watch (The Oregon Files #3)
The author of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series returns with an all-new novel of adventure and intrigue featuring his unbeatable hero of the high seas-Juan Cabrillo.
Cabrillo and his motley crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a very comfortable and very dangerous living working for high-powered Western interests. But their newest clients have come...more
Cabrillo and his motley crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a very comfortable and very dangerous living working for high-powered Western interests. But their newest clients have come...more
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
November 1st 2005
by Berkley Trade
(first published 2004)
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Dark Watch, one of the Oregon Files novels, is pretty much what you expect from the cover. Clive Cussler's books are a general type - adventure happens, horrible bad guys do horrible things, upstanding good guys (usually Juan Cabrillo and his crew) do good and risky things to stop them, a few capers are put on with interesting misdirection, and by the end of the book the bad guys have been put in their place and the righteous have prevailed, and usually, made a profit as well.
If you haven't read...more
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The economies of the world are in danger of collapse because central banks have sold their gold to raise money. The banks must find some means of restoring their capital bases to avert the crisis. The war on terror rages along. One bank comes forward with a proposal for addressing the gold matter upon the advice of a Russian government expert, who has secretly developed a huge deposit on the shores of Kamchatka under the threat of volcanic eruption. In the Sea of Japan, ships begin disappearing....more
Dark watch is another book written by Clive Cussler and Jack du Brul that again, as always, I enjoyed. However, I didn’t enjoy it as much as other books in the series such as Plague Ship or Silent Sea. One reason for this is that it didn’t have a range of historical information that gives an added sparkle to his other books. There was no ‘history section’ at the beginning and I was slightly disappointed by that omission. Instead of history it went straight to the action and Cussler definitely ma...more
Anyone who can read a Clive Cussler novel and not have the urge to read another is either nuts or lacking imagination. He is the king of Story Telling, as his adventures grip you from the first word and hurl you through worlds of sheer excitement and interesting characters. This is my first from the Oregon series and I loved it. Juan Cabrillo is one enigmatic captain with one of the coolest ships roaming the high seas. The fact that Cabrillo is handicapped, lost a leg and has a prosthetic, is bo...more
If Dark Watch was only the first half of the book, it would have been an excellent beginning. It was like there was a deadline and the last chapter was a recap of the last half of the book. So, it needed to be finished. These superstars who lend their names to others who actually write the books with the approval of the primary author should make sure there is some quality control or at least a complete manuscript. What I read I loved, but I want the complete story. If you want great Cussler boo...more
I really like Clive Cussler books. I think of his hero, Dirk Pitt, as the underwater James Bond. Cussler's books all deal with the sea, and usually involves diving or scavenging sunken ships.
This book is part of the series involving the ship Oregon, which is a private spy ship. The story deals with modern slavery, especially of Chinese emmigrants, and piracy on the high seas.
It was simialar to his other books. A good read with lots of action, just enough romance, and a few twists thrown in for...more
This book is part of the series involving the ship Oregon, which is a private spy ship. The story deals with modern slavery, especially of Chinese emmigrants, and piracy on the high seas.
It was simialar to his other books. A good read with lots of action, just enough romance, and a few twists thrown in for...more
Dark Watch by Clive Cussler was not as interesting as his other works. This abridged audio book was the story of modern day pirates who take not only the cargo of a captured ship but they also�take the ship itself. Throw in some international slave traders and you have what seems like two books going at the same time with only minimal interactions.
The book would have been better if it focused on one story and then developed it in greater detail. I am still a big fan of Cussler. This one is not...more
The book would have been better if it focused on one story and then developed it in greater detail. I am still a big fan of Cussler. This one is not...more
The Oregon Files have undergone a few changes, but remain basically the same. The storyline of the Corporation, a group of highly specialized individuals who roam the world righting wrongs for fun and profit, has not changed, but there was a lot more character depth here than there was to be found in Sacred Stone, the second Oregon Files adventure. Whereas the previous books had their focus mostly on the doings of the Corporation, this one delved more deeply into the mind of their leader, Juan C...more
Aug 27, 2012
Barbara
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3 of 5 stars
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The third novel in Cussler's Oregon Files series finds Juan Cabrillo and crew attempting to stop piracy on the high seas. However, the pirates aren't the only problem they face: an international conspiracy involving Chinese slave labor is discovered, and Cabrillo's team is the only thing that can stop it. The Oregon Files series is, with each novel, somehow less interesting to me. Dirk Pitt's adventures are great, fun reads but there's an undercurrent of pessimism that marks the Cussler/DuBrul s...more
Pirates, slaves, and lots of gold - and it isn't set in the 17th or 18th century. The Oregon is in the Pacific and the crew find themselves tracking pirates who use massive floating dry docks to steal entire ships. And while they're at it, they smuggle Chinese people trying to get out of China to Russia where they put them to work mining gold. Evil bankers even are involved. An early book in the Oregon series, it's another short and enjoyable read.
This effort by Cussler and DuBrul following the adventures of the Corporation and the Oregon starts with them deep inside North Korea. From there the book moves to them waging a war against pirates in the South China Sea. Trying to break up a snakehead smuggling ring they race to the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russion where the pirates use the hi-jacked ships to house slave labor mining for gold.
This book had everything that I love about Cussler's writing style. It's edgy and suspenseful and adds enough reality that you could see all of this happen. The way he develops his new characters while adding to his already developed characters through the series are wonderful. I really enjoy that you don't have to read any of his novels in sequence, the main characters are the same but the adventures he takes them on are always different. It's like he sees a movie in his head and then writes wh...more
it was good, kept my interest- all those twists and turns. Yet i was looking forward to a continuing romance between Juan and ( won't say in case you did not read ) from last book. Maybe this one will continue- do not see why they are all basically loners. would be more interesting if the personal areas of thier lives were more fleshed out. And i do not mean with short term flings.
Ex-SEALs and ex-CIA with lots of high tech gadgets battle modern pirates in Asian waters. An entertaining book. This was my first Cussler book and must commend the author for refraining from coarse language and gratuitous sensuality.
I listened to the audio version; the narrator does not know how to pronounce Chinese PinYin or the Cyrillic "X"; made me cringe.
I listened to the audio version; the narrator does not know how to pronounce Chinese PinYin or the Cyrillic "X"; made me cringe.
Aug 15, 2011
Tom Tischler
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This is an older Clive Cussler book from 2005 The Oregon Files.
A group of Japanese shipping magnates ask ask Juan Cabrillo for
help against some pirates attacking their ships in Southeast Asia
Now we have a group of worldwide bankers stealing the worlds
gold and some Russians involved in some white slavery another twist
and turner from Clive Cussler
A group of Japanese shipping magnates ask ask Juan Cabrillo for
help against some pirates attacking their ships in Southeast Asia
Now we have a group of worldwide bankers stealing the worlds
gold and some Russians involved in some white slavery another twist
and turner from Clive Cussler
This effort by Cussler and DuBrul following the adventures of the good mercenary crew of the Oregon starts with them deep inside North Korea. From there the book involves into them waging a war against pirates in the South China Sea. With operative Eddie Seng undercover trying to break up a snakehead smuggling ring they race to stop the pirates and save the people being smuggled as slaves. A good read.
This is my first reading of a Clive Cussler. I picked it up thinking it was an psycho-adventure only to find out it was a techno-adventure. I enjoyed the book but found myself getting lost in some of the minutia. Enjoyed the character development of the main characters and look forward to reading one or two more.
Fun, trite brain candy/popcorn. Take your pick. I would say Clive Cussler is less a writer, and a more an entertainer. He does it well, his characters are all entirely hyperbolic and ridiculous. John Wayne meets Brad Pitt meets the dude from JAG. At least the women are equally sexy/smart/deadly.
Great book for the Metro. :)
Great book for the Metro. :)
Another gripping action adventure from the pen of Clive Cussler. I like this one even better than the last two Cussler books I reviewed. I've noticed that those he co-wrote with Jack Du Brul like this one are less confusing and more cohesive than ones with other co-authors. A "good read" that's hard to put down.
Even though these Oregon File book are co-authored, any Clussler book is pure entertainment with intersting main characters. These are all basically spy thrillers, but they do keep the reader turing the pages as our heroes escape one bad situation after another in their effort to get the bad guys.
This book is classic Cussler! The good guys are good to a fault and the bad guys get what they deserve. And what I like best is that Cussler isn't always "politically correct". Meaning the bad guy dies by the hand of his victims, he's not just thrown in jail and aloud to live.
The Dark Watch kept my interest. Juan Cabrillo's crew on the ship the Oregon keep you wondering who will win and what mishap will come up to stop the good guys. The idea of the Russian government, gold and a volcano about to erupt put this book on a fast track.
Not great till about the last third, when it became a page turner. Kind of light-weight, like most of Cussler's stuff. Took a lot of liberties at the end. I was hoping that du Brul's influence would be more apparent, as I think he is the better author of the two.
Fast paced and "on the edge of your seat" drama. Even while listening to the CD. After the first few CDs, I "couldn't put it down!" Wanted to see what happened next and how they would get out of the impossible situations they found themselves in. One thing I really like about Clive Cussler's books (the ones I've read so far), is the morals he writes about. Yeah, a lot of people get killed and the good guys always win, but he writes about how the good guys have consciences and don't ever leave an...more
Another success from Cussler and company. I always enjoy seeing Juan overcome the obstacles stacked against him. It's just mindless adventure. Harmless and full of idealistic heroism. Some sketchy details and overly convenient coincidences are easy to set aside for a chance to see the Oregon sail again.
This book was a change from the other Clive Cussler bools and was packed with a lot more action then Dirk Pitt adventures. Maybe this isn't true but the quality of the action was much more vivid especially in the last fight scene.
This was my first book of the Juan Cabrillo series and I am interested in reading more.
This was my first book of the Juan Cabrillo series and I am interested in reading more.
The author of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series returns with an all-new novel of adventure and intrigue featuring his unbeatable hero of the h...more. I preferred the Oregon Files series by the same author. (different co-author)
I think I am starting to like the Oregon books better than the original Pitt ones. I could totally see their adventures becoming a tv series. It contains a very good cast of characters and real life stories that people could connect to.
Truly a favorite author because of his "Let's save the world" attitude, his beautiful set up of place and people and the non-stop action. Never a boring minute. This is about world slavery and spans continents.
Actually I didn't finish this book.
This is the 4th book in this series that I have read and it dawned on me that all these books are very very similiar. And it's just not that the same characters are involved, the ship is the same etc etc.
With unlimited money, state of beyond the art technology, contacts with everyone in power throughout the world and the world's best luck the drama that I experienced in the first few books just isn't there anymore as I know they will prevail in the end.
So I'd...more
This is the 4th book in this series that I have read and it dawned on me that all these books are very very similiar. And it's just not that the same characters are involved, the ship is the same etc etc.
With unlimited money, state of beyond the art technology, contacts with everyone in power throughout the world and the world's best luck the drama that I experienced in the first few books just isn't there anymore as I know they will prevail in the end.
So I'd...more
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Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time...more
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