Plague Ship The Oregon Files
April 5, 2009 by Family Cruise
Cussler, writing with Du Brul, offers the fifth installment of his Oregon series, which follows the exploits of a covert ship that does the government’s dirty work as long as the price is right. Scott Brick reads with a flare of the theatrical, at times sending his voice soaring, up, up, up in an attempt to create tension and excitement. Brick’s characters are over-the-top and his pronunciation is slightly unbelievable. His reading is certainly entertaining but at odds with Cussler’s staid prose that is layered with rich detail and deeply researched information. The story flows well and draws the audience in, but Brick’s theatrical performance distracts. A Putnam hardcover (Reviews, Apr. 14). (June)
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I grew up reading Clive Cussler’s novels with my father who has recently passed away. Now slowly but surely, I am starting to collect the entire series. I need one last book to complete the Oregon series, and Plague Ship is it! My son is only two right now, but I know that once he is old enough, he will enjoy reading Cussler’s novels just as much as I did back in the 70s.