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NUMA Files #19
Dark Vector
Kurt Austin must find a vanished ship and stave off a global catastrophe in the latest novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series created by the "grand master of adventure" Clive Cussler.
A freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. While searching for a lost treasure that once belonged to the famous Chinese pirate queen, Ching Shih, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are redirected to look for the missing vessel.
Discovering that the sinking of the ship is just part of an intricate web of deception, they find themselves in the middle of a cyber-war between rival groups of hackers, both of whom want to control the flow of data around the world.
With no allies except a group of pirates who operate under their own crude laws, Kurt and Joe must rescue a colleague held hostage--while keeping the computers out of Russian or Chinese hands and the world's digital information safe from the hackers.
416 pages, Hardcover
First published May 24, 2022
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About the author
Graham Brown
19 books243 followersGraham Brown grew up in Illinois, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, moving often with his family. As far as he knows they weren't in the witness protection program or part of any top secret government agency - but then - would they really tell him?
A former pilot and lawyer and later part of a start up health care firm, Graham decided he hadn't had enough different careers yet and decided to become a writer.
A huge fan of Clive Cussler, Michael Crichton, Stephen King and television shows like the X-files and Lost, Graham's first novel Black Rain debuted in January 2010. The second Hawker/Laidlaw novel, Black Sun published in September 2010. Devil's Gate a Numa Files novel co-written with Clive Cussler published November 2011. The Eden Prophecy will be available January 31, 2012.
A former pilot and lawyer and later part of a start up health care firm, Graham decided he hadn't had enough different careers yet and decided to become a writer.
A huge fan of Clive Cussler, Michael Crichton, Stephen King and television shows like the X-files and Lost, Graham's first novel Black Rain debuted in January 2010. The second Hawker/Laidlaw novel, Black Sun published in September 2010. Devil's Gate a Numa Files novel co-written with Clive Cussler published November 2011. The Eden Prophecy will be available January 31, 2012.
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May 24, 2022
Kurt, Joe, and Yan-Li are treasure hunting in the South China Sea for the pirate queen, Ching Shih's lost treasure. The hunt was cut short when Kurt and Joe received word from NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) in DC about a missing cargo ship carrying the most valuable supercomputer servers traveling from Taiwan to San Francisco. As it appears the missing vessel is scuttled and lies at the bottom of the ocean floor. Rival parties race to the site for these high-tech servers that are not to be sold to Russia and China.
Dark Vector is NUMA #19 and continues to deliver a great sea adventure. The book can be read as a standalone. There is a large cast of characters, but a list at the beginning of the book is very helpful to keep track of who is who. You can expect smart villains, double-cross, and plenty of action from the NUMA crew along with their high-tech "water toys" like the "Phantom" a stealth turtle-looking submarine. Fun!
I enjoyed Dark Vector but because the plot involves super servers it isn't one of my NUMA favorites. Just a personal preference. What I did enjoy is learning about this PIRATE QUEEN, Ching Shih (1775–1844) who commanded 400+ ships and 40,000 to 60,000 pirates.* Woah what?!
Thank you G.P. Putnam's Sons via Netgalley for this DRC.
Available May 24, 2022!
image History of Yesterday
*ref Wikipedia.
Dark Vector is NUMA #19 and continues to deliver a great sea adventure. The book can be read as a standalone. There is a large cast of characters, but a list at the beginning of the book is very helpful to keep track of who is who. You can expect smart villains, double-cross, and plenty of action from the NUMA crew along with their high-tech "water toys" like the "Phantom" a stealth turtle-looking submarine. Fun!
I enjoyed Dark Vector but because the plot involves super servers it isn't one of my NUMA favorites. Just a personal preference. What I did enjoy is learning about this PIRATE QUEEN, Ching Shih (1775–1844) who commanded 400+ ships and 40,000 to 60,000 pirates.* Woah what?!
Thank you G.P. Putnam's Sons via Netgalley for this DRC.
Available May 24, 2022!
image History of Yesterday
*ref Wikipedia.
July 14, 2022
Don't care for the writing style with endless destruction plots against the hero who always prevails while countless others perish. 3 of 10 stars
February 10, 2023
Formulaic but fun.
Formulaic but fun. The Ekranoplan and the Phantom (the submersible that looks like a cross between a UFO and a turtle) were neat touches.
Formulaic but fun. The Ekranoplan and the Phantom (the submersible that looks like a cross between a UFO and a turtle) were neat touches.
July 27, 2022
Time for another Clive Cussler Wednesday!
Kurt Austin is diving for a fabled treasure ship with a beautiful Chinese woman, when he is called to look into the disappearance of a modern day ship, containing top secret stuff.
An acronym-ized criminal organization and the usual insane billionaire are vying for the ship's contents. The Chinese woman's husband was a master thief, and she is co-opted into helping the billionaire.
From there, we get twists, turns, and derring do.
Not bad, but I was a lot more interested in the underwritten acronym gang than the insane billionaire.
Kurt Austin is diving for a fabled treasure ship with a beautiful Chinese woman, when he is called to look into the disappearance of a modern day ship, containing top secret stuff.
An acronym-ized criminal organization and the usual insane billionaire are vying for the ship's contents. The Chinese woman's husband was a master thief, and she is co-opted into helping the billionaire.
From there, we get twists, turns, and derring do.
Not bad, but I was a lot more interested in the underwritten acronym gang than the insane billionaire.
June 20, 2022
When some high tech computer servers go missing, NUMA is called upon to help recover them. Along the way, Kurt and Joe have some unexpected adventures!!! I won't divulge much more than this; if you have read any of Cussler's previous books, you know what to expect. Lots of action and page turning suspense; but the good guys eventually come out on top. A very good effort.
June 11, 2022
Same thing different book. Barely held my attention. The formula is getting old
September 5, 2022
It was an entertaining fast read.
July 11, 2022
It's understandable that with GB writing cool flying things play a large part of the tale, but the absence of cool guns that usually feature in a NUMA File story (ala cool cars in a Dirk Pitt Adventure) is just a bit sad.
Aside from that minor quibble, it is everything one expects from a Clive Culler tale. Read it soon, because there are always two or three more coming every year (a good thing).
Aside from that minor quibble, it is everything one expects from a Clive Culler tale. Read it soon, because there are always two or three more coming every year (a good thing).
June 17, 2022
Same formula - historic lost treasure (ship sunken by volcanic eruption in 1808), forward to the present where greedy villain (criminal in this case) steals innovative (computer) technology in order to be able to rule the world or in this case, blackmail the world - governments, businesses and other criminal organizations.
Of course the heroes come through in the end saving a lovely Chinese historian as well as the criminal crew that her ex-husband formed transforming them into a co-op that manages to be able to cash in on the ancient sunken ship - worth a cool 10 million from the Chinese government looking innocently enough for aspects of its cultural heritage. Not one but two criminal organizations are broken/defeated. If you know the theme that the Cussler adventures follow, then none of that information is a spoiler but it's all in how it's done.
Brown has been co-writing the NUMA Files adventures for a while but his work is going to be watched closely by Cussler fans since he is now collaborating with the estate rather than Cussler himself. With this episode, he seems to be maintaining the swashbuckling adventure series.
2022-133
Of course the heroes come through in the end saving a lovely Chinese historian as well as the criminal crew that her ex-husband formed transforming them into a co-op that manages to be able to cash in on the ancient sunken ship - worth a cool 10 million from the Chinese government looking innocently enough for aspects of its cultural heritage. Not one but two criminal organizations are broken/defeated. If you know the theme that the Cussler adventures follow, then none of that information is a spoiler but it's all in how it's done.
Brown has been co-writing the NUMA Files adventures for a while but his work is going to be watched closely by Cussler fans since he is now collaborating with the estate rather than Cussler himself. With this episode, he seems to be maintaining the swashbuckling adventure series.
2022-133
March 14, 2024
Já são clássicos do thriller, livro 19 da série NUMA
Nunca me desiludiram desde 1980
Nunca me desiludiram desde 1980
May 18, 2024
For some reason I really like clive cusslers numa series.
July 31, 2025
Dark Vector : yet another entry in the NUMA Files, that long-running Clive Cussler-branded series that’s basically the literary version of an action movie you can safely watch with your parents. Except this time, it’s Clive Cussler in name only. The man passed away in 2020 (RIP, adventure godfather), and Dark Vectoris one of the first to be crafted entirely without his touch. Which leaves Graham Brown flying solo—and to his credit, he clearly said, “Fine. Let’s go full throttle.”
The result?
A tightly packed, fast-paced thrill ride that rockets through the pages like a 5 year hopped up on Lucky Charms and Mountain Dew. It’s got all the elements you’d expect: shadowy organizations, a deranged villain with world domination issues, high-tech underwater toys, and, of course, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala saving the world between dad-joke banter and casual acts of international heroism.
Plot-wise, there’s nothing here you haven’t seen before: evil mastermind wants to control/destroy/reshape the world for Very Important Reasons™, and only our daring duo can stop him. But hey, the execution’s sharp. Graham Brown leans into the frenetic pacing hard enough that you barely notice how comfortably predictable the story beats are. It’s basically a hyper-thriller lite—almost cracking into the genre’s caffeine-fueled big leagues, but still grounded enough to remain firmly PG-13. Think Jason Bourne on vacation, with a life vest.
Let’s not kid ourselves, though: this still suffers from the classic Cussler curse. The violence is frantic and frequent but never brutal—bodies fall, boats explode, and yet somehow everything remains curiously bloodless. It’s thrilling, sure, but in that cozy, cable-TV kind of way where you know no real harm will ever come to the heroes, and the antagonist is doomed by his own monologue. Still, props to Brown for giving Kurt and Joe a bit more edge this time around. They’re angrier, more reactive, and a tad less squeaky clean—which helps ground the larger-than-life stakes just enough to make it all go down smooth.
In short Dark Vector is a Clive Cussler book that no longer pretends to be written by Clive Cussler, and that’s probably for the best. It’s fast, fun, and never overstays its welcome. Just don’t go in expecting innovation or intensity—you’re here for the literary equivalent of an expensive submarine ride through familiar waters. And honestly? Not a bad ride at all.
The result?
A tightly packed, fast-paced thrill ride that rockets through the pages like a 5 year hopped up on Lucky Charms and Mountain Dew. It’s got all the elements you’d expect: shadowy organizations, a deranged villain with world domination issues, high-tech underwater toys, and, of course, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala saving the world between dad-joke banter and casual acts of international heroism.
Plot-wise, there’s nothing here you haven’t seen before: evil mastermind wants to control/destroy/reshape the world for Very Important Reasons™, and only our daring duo can stop him. But hey, the execution’s sharp. Graham Brown leans into the frenetic pacing hard enough that you barely notice how comfortably predictable the story beats are. It’s basically a hyper-thriller lite—almost cracking into the genre’s caffeine-fueled big leagues, but still grounded enough to remain firmly PG-13. Think Jason Bourne on vacation, with a life vest.
Let’s not kid ourselves, though: this still suffers from the classic Cussler curse. The violence is frantic and frequent but never brutal—bodies fall, boats explode, and yet somehow everything remains curiously bloodless. It’s thrilling, sure, but in that cozy, cable-TV kind of way where you know no real harm will ever come to the heroes, and the antagonist is doomed by his own monologue. Still, props to Brown for giving Kurt and Joe a bit more edge this time around. They’re angrier, more reactive, and a tad less squeaky clean—which helps ground the larger-than-life stakes just enough to make it all go down smooth.
In short Dark Vector is a Clive Cussler book that no longer pretends to be written by Clive Cussler, and that’s probably for the best. It’s fast, fun, and never overstays its welcome. Just don’t go in expecting innovation or intensity—you’re here for the literary equivalent of an expensive submarine ride through familiar waters. And honestly? Not a bad ride at all.
February 22, 2022
416 pages
5 stars
“We’re going to need a bigger boat.” Martin Brody in Jaws
On a dive with Yan Li, Kurt and she are attacked by a tiger shark. They were looking for a sunken Chinese pirate ship. It had treasure taken from pirate queen Ching Shih. They had found some great clues when the tiger shark attacked them. A great way to begin a story.
Once they get out of that, they are informed that something more important has come up. A ship has gone missing. A ship that was carrying top secret computer equipment. Disappointed, Yan Li heads home.
Not long after she arrives home, she is basically kidnapped by another pirate of sorts. One Kinnard Emmerson. He is a man who will do anything, anything at all to achieve his goals. He wants Yan to help him. He has her two children as hostages.
Emmerson masterminded the stealing of the computers. But they are not on the sunken ship. He’s been double crossed. He is not happy. Kurt has also found the ship. Down in his submersible, he is attacked by drones. A very exciting chase ensues. A question entered my mind. Can a submersible really take that kind of damage and stay viable?
A high level meeting attended by NUMA’s Rudi Gunn reveals who had taken the super computers. The problem is that Emmerson knows this too.
Kurt and Joe get invited to an auction of the competitors.
Pandemonium breaks loose.
From page one to page four sixteen, this book is always on the move. One situation after another lands our heroes in hot water. It is a thrill ride, so fasten your seatbelts. The writing and plotting of this book are most excellent. The transitions are smooth and well-timed. Mr. Brown certainly does add to the Clive Cussler legacy. I bet Mr. Cussler is applauding himself. I have read the NUMA adventures for years, and this book only adds to my fond memories.
I want to thank NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam/G.P. Putnam’s Sons for forwarding to me a copy of this most exciting book for me to read, enjoy and review. The opinions expressed here are solely my own.
5 stars
“We’re going to need a bigger boat.” Martin Brody in Jaws
On a dive with Yan Li, Kurt and she are attacked by a tiger shark. They were looking for a sunken Chinese pirate ship. It had treasure taken from pirate queen Ching Shih. They had found some great clues when the tiger shark attacked them. A great way to begin a story.
Once they get out of that, they are informed that something more important has come up. A ship has gone missing. A ship that was carrying top secret computer equipment. Disappointed, Yan Li heads home.
Not long after she arrives home, she is basically kidnapped by another pirate of sorts. One Kinnard Emmerson. He is a man who will do anything, anything at all to achieve his goals. He wants Yan to help him. He has her two children as hostages.
Emmerson masterminded the stealing of the computers. But they are not on the sunken ship. He’s been double crossed. He is not happy. Kurt has also found the ship. Down in his submersible, he is attacked by drones. A very exciting chase ensues. A question entered my mind. Can a submersible really take that kind of damage and stay viable?
A high level meeting attended by NUMA’s Rudi Gunn reveals who had taken the super computers. The problem is that Emmerson knows this too.
Kurt and Joe get invited to an auction of the competitors.
Pandemonium breaks loose.
From page one to page four sixteen, this book is always on the move. One situation after another lands our heroes in hot water. It is a thrill ride, so fasten your seatbelts. The writing and plotting of this book are most excellent. The transitions are smooth and well-timed. Mr. Brown certainly does add to the Clive Cussler legacy. I bet Mr. Cussler is applauding himself. I have read the NUMA adventures for years, and this book only adds to my fond memories.
I want to thank NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam/G.P. Putnam’s Sons for forwarding to me a copy of this most exciting book for me to read, enjoy and review. The opinions expressed here are solely my own.
July 29, 2022
Graham Brown provides everything one expects from a Clive Culler tale in Dark Vector...From the discovery of a Chinese pirate treasure ship to the theft of high-tech computers from a scuttled modern freighter, high adventure looms for Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala and the rest of the NUMA gang as they confront an ex-pat Hong Kong villain and his gang...Always a fun read!
July 29, 2022
Kurt Austen and the team from Numa get drawn into a case of missing supercomputers. The foe fights the team from the US to the deep waters out in the middle of nowhere. One of the better, more exciting Cussler books.
May 17, 2023
Mostly standard stuff. Good guys are invincible, they narrowly escape from one impossible situation after another. The bad guys all get killed and the good guys go on to fight another day.
July 11, 2023
Clive Cussler's Numa files series is one of my favorite series.. very quick read as Kurt and Joe always find themselves in the middle of everything, but don't worry they always come out the heroes.
September 12, 2024
Good read. No noticeable change in the writing with Scott.
May 25, 2022
Thanks to Net Galley and the Publishers for giving me the digital ARC of the latest Clive Cussler, Numa Files #19 book.
Kurt and Joe along with Yan-Li are searching for the pirate ship, the Silken Dragon, whose crew had stolen treasure from the Pirate Queen, Ching Shih. But as often happens with Kurt and Joe, they are called away on a mission to locate an important ship, called the Canberra Swift.
There are various groups trying to locate the Canberra Swift and the important cargo of Super Computers that the ship was transporting. Who will find the ship and its cargo first?
I can honestly say that Graham Brown did a great job of staying true to the characters that Clive Cussler created. He brought the book to life with all the excitement and action that fans have come to know and expect!
Kurt and Joe along with Yan-Li are searching for the pirate ship, the Silken Dragon, whose crew had stolen treasure from the Pirate Queen, Ching Shih. But as often happens with Kurt and Joe, they are called away on a mission to locate an important ship, called the Canberra Swift.
There are various groups trying to locate the Canberra Swift and the important cargo of Super Computers that the ship was transporting. Who will find the ship and its cargo first?
I can honestly say that Graham Brown did a great job of staying true to the characters that Clive Cussler created. He brought the book to life with all the excitement and action that fans have come to know and expect!
June 26, 2022
These books are not written by Cussler anymore so this book just isn't as good as they used to be, but I can't stop reading these easy fun reads. I've read NUMA Files for years, and they are easy fun reads and the hero always defeats the bad guys so what could be more fun than that? They are great summer reads.
April 15, 2022
Originally published on the book blog Creature From the Book Lagoon.
* Thank you to Netgalley for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I don’t know if Clive left any plot points or ideas (for future books) at the time of his passing. As far as I know, this is the first NUMA series book written all the way by the author Graham Brown. I wasn’t worried about if it would be good. I really enjoy Brown’s previous books. I WAS curious if it was going to be a noticeable change or not.
Honestly, this felt just like your normal NUMA book! Brown does a seamless job of somehow making it feel familiar, but at the same time breathing new life into the series. It was hard for me to pin it down…
While the typical formula was followed, it did feel like some things were missing? A few things, such as habits or hobbies, always brought up in the past were missing in Dark Vector. That is NOT a bad thing or a complaint! I actually really appreciated the little bit of the change up. It made things feel fresh and reinvigorated!
If you are worried that a story about stolen super computers would be action packed, you’d be wrong! We start off with a little action that quickly ampts up to mega action! I was on the edge of my seat with all the fast paced shoot outs and boat chases. It just kept raising the fun and the suspense was perfect.
My only *tiny* complaint, is that I really miss Mr. and Mrs. Trout getting more involved! They showed up way late in to the story and they didn’t do much. I miss when they had a bigger role in the series! I know Kurt and Joe are the top guys, but it feels like with each book, the 2 other team members get less and less time to also shine. :/ BRING BACK THE TROUTS!! Please? 🙂
Dark Vector is straight up entertainment fuel. Brown does a great job of keeping NUMA alive and kicking. This is like comfort food for your reading pleasure. A familiar feel but also a fresh and new feeling! I had an extremely happy time reading this story! It was so fun. 😀
* Thank you to Netgalley for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I don’t know if Clive left any plot points or ideas (for future books) at the time of his passing. As far as I know, this is the first NUMA series book written all the way by the author Graham Brown. I wasn’t worried about if it would be good. I really enjoy Brown’s previous books. I WAS curious if it was going to be a noticeable change or not.
Honestly, this felt just like your normal NUMA book! Brown does a seamless job of somehow making it feel familiar, but at the same time breathing new life into the series. It was hard for me to pin it down…
While the typical formula was followed, it did feel like some things were missing? A few things, such as habits or hobbies, always brought up in the past were missing in Dark Vector. That is NOT a bad thing or a complaint! I actually really appreciated the little bit of the change up. It made things feel fresh and reinvigorated!
If you are worried that a story about stolen super computers would be action packed, you’d be wrong! We start off with a little action that quickly ampts up to mega action! I was on the edge of my seat with all the fast paced shoot outs and boat chases. It just kept raising the fun and the suspense was perfect.
My only *tiny* complaint, is that I really miss Mr. and Mrs. Trout getting more involved! They showed up way late in to the story and they didn’t do much. I miss when they had a bigger role in the series! I know Kurt and Joe are the top guys, but it feels like with each book, the 2 other team members get less and less time to also shine. :/ BRING BACK THE TROUTS!! Please? 🙂
Dark Vector is straight up entertainment fuel. Brown does a great job of keeping NUMA alive and kicking. This is like comfort food for your reading pleasure. A familiar feel but also a fresh and new feeling! I had an extremely happy time reading this story! It was so fun. 😀
October 24, 2022
Typical Kurt Austin tale with countless escapades and bodies left behind. The underwater technology has now gotten past what I understand so I no longer try. I just accept it and read on. The banter between Kurt and his counterpart, Joe, breaks the mayhem.
July 18, 2022
Pretty good read featuring Kurt Austin of NUMA. This time, he and Joe are sent to find and destroy a supercomputer that was on a boat that vanished. If one had read these books, then one would know what to expect in terms of action and adventure. Overall, a solid, entertaining book.
April 8, 2023
A fun romp, but too many suspensions of disbelief. There must be a better way to create a believable connection from impossible odds of survival, to the positive outcome that every good story deserves.
June 4, 2022
An incredible new advancement in computer mainframes is being shipped in secret to its new home when the ship is hijacked. The ship is then sunk by persons unknown. Kurt and Joe are called in to secure the mainframes from the wreckage.
This leads to a multicountry adventure to recover the missing mainframes.
First Numa Files book without Cussler listed as a coauthor.
This leads to a multicountry adventure to recover the missing mainframes.
First Numa Files book without Cussler listed as a coauthor.
February 27, 2022
First, I would like to thank Net Galley, the Penguin Group, Putnam for allowing to read this latest chapter in the Clive Cussler pantheon of books.
I like Clive Cussler books and have been reading them for almost forty years. He has a tried-and-true formula. An exciting/mysterious every happens 1000 years ago and a treasure is lost. Fast Forward to the present, an evil warlord, government or despot has gotten wind of the treasure and wants it to help him dominate the world.
This book is no different. Dark Vector, the nineteenth in the Numa series is no different. Written by Graham Brown, it checks all of the boxes for a successful Clive Cussler Book. Mr. Brown is a worthy successor to Clive Cussler. He follows the formula to a tee and produced a book that was fun and entertaining to read.
*****Spoiler Alert*****
Enter the hero and his trusty side kick (Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino or Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala) along with the requisite beautiful, smart sexy SINGLE woman. Are there never any old, ugly or married women that need to be rescued.
It has Kurt and a beautiful Chinese woman diving looking got a fabulous treasure when he is called to find and retrieve 6 super computers to save them from a vicious evil gangster. Who then kidnaps the same Chinese woman who’s ex-husband was the pirate that sold the computers in the first place. Danger and intrigue with fist fights, gun fights, and narrow escapes follow before Kurt, Joe and the beautiful woman triumphs. The world is saved and everyone lives happily ever after
I like Clive Cussler books and have been reading them for almost forty years. He has a tried-and-true formula. An exciting/mysterious every happens 1000 years ago and a treasure is lost. Fast Forward to the present, an evil warlord, government or despot has gotten wind of the treasure and wants it to help him dominate the world.
This book is no different. Dark Vector, the nineteenth in the Numa series is no different. Written by Graham Brown, it checks all of the boxes for a successful Clive Cussler Book. Mr. Brown is a worthy successor to Clive Cussler. He follows the formula to a tee and produced a book that was fun and entertaining to read.
*****Spoiler Alert*****
Enter the hero and his trusty side kick (Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino or Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala) along with the requisite beautiful, smart sexy SINGLE woman. Are there never any old, ugly or married women that need to be rescued.
It has Kurt and a beautiful Chinese woman diving looking got a fabulous treasure when he is called to find and retrieve 6 super computers to save them from a vicious evil gangster. Who then kidnaps the same Chinese woman who’s ex-husband was the pirate that sold the computers in the first place. Danger and intrigue with fist fights, gun fights, and narrow escapes follow before Kurt, Joe and the beautiful woman triumphs. The world is saved and everyone lives happily ever after
February 28, 2022
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for a digital ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review. I'll be honest: when I saw that Graham Brown was writing it, and there wasn't a Cussler at the helm, I was nervous! However, I ended up very pleased. Brown did a great job emulating the stories, style of writing, and the long-time work relationship between Austin and Zavala. I did think it was interesting that there was no mention of Dirk at all in the story, but not completely off. Once again, Austin and Zavala are at it, saving the world before the bad guy does the bad thing! I love the blend of history, technology, science and thrills that Cussler's stories have always created, and Brown's rendition did it justice. I was pretty pleased with this, and hope that Brown continues to evoke and honor Cussler's writing in this vein.
July 26, 2022
A special cargo ship carrying top secret computer servers from Taiwan to San Francisco disappears, Kurt and Joe are call away from their treasure ship hunt to locate it. After discovering it laying intact on the ocean floor, Kurt is ordered to destroy the ship and its contents. But just as he reaches the ship, competition shows up and both find the hold empty.
I love how the Hydro-Com building is designed. Beautiful, functional and efficient.
Footnote: 1) This is just another reason why our products, especially important items, should be made in the USA. We need to keep our imports lower than our exports on all commodities. We have the recourses.
Fave scenes: the cappuccino factor in desk jobs, Paul and Gamay’s quick rescue, Joe’s escape from the warehouse and the Air Truck’s autopilot.
I love how the Hydro-Com building is designed. Beautiful, functional and efficient.
Footnote: 1) This is just another reason why our products, especially important items, should be made in the USA. We need to keep our imports lower than our exports on all commodities. We have the recourses.
Fave scenes: the cappuccino factor in desk jobs, Paul and Gamay’s quick rescue, Joe’s escape from the warehouse and the Air Truck’s autopilot.
October 11, 2024
This is my first Clive Cussler, and it's just not my type of book. The constant repetitive action and destruction, and dire lack of character development left me struggling to get to the end of this one. I actually started this a while ago and just recently decided to smash out the final third, and most of the story had honestly escaped my memory. I imagine it wasn't wise to start reading Cussler at this later entry, as it was actually ghostwritten by Graham Brown, so perhaps I need to try again with one of Cussler's own writings. Overall, reading this felt like time wasted.
December 24, 2022
Boooooooooooooooooooring.
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