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Plague Ship

By: Jack Du Brul, Clive Cussler
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Publisher's summary

Clive Cussler returns with a new novel in his New York Times best-selling Oregon Files, as Captain Juan Cabrillo and the motley crew of his high-tech spy ship take on their most extraordinary - and lethal - mission yet.

Captain Juan Cabrillo finds a derelict cruise ship full of hundreds of corpses - the victims of the Responsivists, a group attempting to control the world's population by means of a deadly virus.

Take another thrilling voyage with the Oregon Files.
©2008 Clive Cussler (P)2008 Penguin

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Action Flick #3123

If you're a huge Clive Cussler fan, just ignore this and continue on, because this is aimed at listeners, like myself, who have never read or listened to a Cussler book before.

Take the last 5 action/adventure movies you've watched, mash them together, and you've got this book. Bad dialogue? Check. Former Eastern European Soldier turned villain? Check. Near misses, perfect acrobatics and heroes who can't feel pain? Oh yeah. Impossibly strong, intelligent and handsome leading men with ruthlessly smart, beautiful and coy women? Puh-leeze.

Sure, there's goofy fun in listening to the book - I actually finished it, as opposed to some others, but I definitely feel like I could have spent that time listening to something better, and not so... generic.

My favorite line? Has to be the "Millions of lives hang in the balance. I know that sounds like a bad line from a spy film, but.."

When your characters call you out on your dialogue, you know something's wrong. Just sayin'.

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Action packed suspense

Cussler books are usually a good get away from it all book. Most books start off with an item of ancient history then into the modern world with the discovery of the item etc. This one was a bit different. But as with all Cussler books the Oregon crew no sooner got out of one problem then into another one. The action, the impossible escapes are all the fun of the book and toss in a bit of humor and you have a good break in your day. One thing always come through in Cussler's books, education and knowledge is important, all his people have exceptional intelligence and skills. In this book Captain Juan Cabrillo of the Oregon find a cruise ship with all the passengers and crew dead. It is a virus like the Ebola virus and was murder. The crew of the Oregon hunt down the Responsivists who are responsible and about ready to loss a modification of the virus on half the population of the earth to make them sterile. How they solve the problem--read the book.

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Should be under Fantasy, not Mystery

Too many close calls with totally unrealistic escapes. More like a comic book than anything else.

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Excellent Action Thriller

I definitely will buy more tickets to board the Oregon.

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Another plus for the Oregon Files

If you could sum up Plague Ship in three words, what would they be?

Excellent, Gripping, Entertaining

Who was your favorite character and why?

Kovach, he was the consumate villain. Could picture him in my mind.

Which character – as performed by Scott Brick – was your favorite?

Juan Cabrillo and Max Hanley, as Scott portrayed them well.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Action packed, could make it a movie?

Any additional comments?

Recommend this read.

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Gripping!

A great thriller, gets you right from the start and doesn't let go... I couldn't get enough!!

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It Gets Better with Every Listen

I thought this was a good story the first time, but I keep hearing more details and nuances with each listen. Scott Brick's narration is excellent, and his accents are near perfect. Get it. Listen to it. And then listen again ... and again. You'll be glad you did.

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Almost started cheering for the Bad Guy, almost.

Yet another excellent Cussler book. As much as i love Juan and the crew of the Oregon, i almost found myself cheering for the bad guys, But in the end Juan triumphs and i suppose its for the best.

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Good plot horrible narrator

Loved the plot and writing but am a "anti-Brick" listener. He impresses me as a caricature of the actor Cary Grant when he was type cast as a gangster in his early movies. EVERYTHING spoken by Brick is spoken with a type of overly important inflection that is at best, annoying. At worst, had me talking to my iPhone.

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Good listen

This was my first book in the Oregon files series and i very much enjoyed it. Scot brick did an excellent job narrating and the stoey was very exciting. The plot slightly stretched reality a bit too far so I couldn't give it 5 stars but still a good listen.

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