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The Golden Buddha - Clive Cussler
Series: The Oregon Files Book #1
Publication Date: October 1, 2003
Book Description: I didn't find a content description, but I did find what customers that bought the book had said" "i>Customers find the storyline intriguing and fast paced. They also describe the book as a good start to an amazing series. Opinions are mixed on the writing style, with some finding it marvelous and intense, while others say it's confusing and hard to keep up with the characters. Readers also disagree on the characters, with others finding them wonderful and well developed, while still others find them too many. Reader opinions are mixed also on the entertainment value, with customers finding it engaging and entertaining, while other find it boring and contrived.
I have no info about the group read for this.
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The Sacred Stone - Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo
Series: The Oregon Files Book #2
Publication Date: January 1...but no year listed. You can own a copy though for $84.00 and change.
Book Description: Two embattled groups seek a 50,000-year-old meteorite first discovered and then hidden by Eric the Red and his Vikings. Known as the Sacred Stone, it has powerful radioactive properties. Muslim extremists have stolen a nuclear device and need the stone to give them the power to vaporize any city in the west. A megalomaniacal industrialist leads a group seeking to carry out the utter annihilation of Islam itself. And caught between the two militant factions is Juan Cabrillo and his crew, who must do whatever they can to stop the impending doom...
No info on group read.
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Dark Watch by Clive Cussler and Jack DuBrul
Group Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #3
Publication Date: 2005
Book Description: 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 from the Far East to ask for Cabrillo's special brand of assistance: a consortium of Japanese shipping magnates whose fortunes are being threatened by brutal pirates trolling the waters of Southeast Asia. Normally, such attacks on the high seas are limited to smaller ships and foreign-owned yachts-easy targets on the open ocean. Now, however, giant commercial freighters are disappearing. But when Cabrillo confronts the enemy, he learns that the pirates' predations hide a deadly international conspiracy-a scheme of death and slavery that Juan Cabrillo is going to blow out of the water.
Dates Read: July 8 – 12, 2016
Participants: - Andrew, Lynda. Eadie, Sergei, Brenda, Carol
Ratings: Lynda 4.5; Carol 4.5; Eadie 4..5; Sergei 4.5; Brenda 4.5; Andrew 4
Overall Average Rating: 4.42
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Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul
Group Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #4
Publication Date: originally published October 3, 2006 Reprint January 3, 2012
Book Description: "Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert combat ship Oregon have barely escaped a mission on the Congo River when they intercept a mayday from a defenseless boat under fire off the African coast. Cabrillo takes action, saving the beautiful Sloane Macintyre - who's looking for a long-submerged ship that may hold a fortune in diamonds. But what surprises Cabrillo is her story about a crazy fisherman who claims to have been attacked on the open sea by giant metal snakes in the same area. What begins as a snake hunt leads Cabrillo onto the trail of a far more lethal quarry - a deranged militant and his followers who plan to unleash the devastating power of nature itself against all who oppose them."
Dates Read September 6 - September 11, 2016
Participants: (6) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Brenda, Sergei
Ratings: Andrew -4, Carol - 4, Eadie -4, Lynda - 4, Brenda - 4, Sergei - 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.08
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Plague Ship by Clive Cussler & Jack DuBrul
Book Discussion:https://www.librarything.com/groups/bookdiscussionplague
Series: Oregon File Book #5
Publication Date: February 24, 2009
Book Description: Captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo and manned by a crew of former military and spy personnel, the Oregon is a private enterprise, available for any government agency that can afford it. They've just completed a top secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf when they come across a cruise ship adrift at sea. Hundreds of bodies litter its deck, and, as Cabrillo tries to determine what happened, explosions rack the length of the ship. Barely able to escape with his own life and that of the liner’s sole survivor, Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate – and as perilous – as any he has ever known and pitted against a cult with monstrously lethal plans for the human race . . . plans he may already be too late to stop.
Dates Read: January 6, 2017 - January 11, 2017
Participants: (6) Andrew, Carol, Sergei, Lynda, Eadie, Brenda
Ratings: Andrew - 4; Carol- 4; Sergei -4; Lynda-4; Eadie - 4; Brenda -;
Overall Average Rating: 4.00 (missing 1 person)
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I have no idea what happened to book #6. I have no other info other than what is here that I picked up online.
Corsair - (The Oregon Files) by Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul
Series: - Oregon Files Book #6
Publication Date: - January 1, 2009
Book Description: When the U.S. secretary of state’s plane crashes while bringing her to a summit meeting in Libya, the CIA, distrusting the Libyans, hire Juan Cabrillo to search for her, and their misgivings are well founded. The crew locates the plane, but the secretary of state has vanished. It turns out Libya’s new foreign minister has other plans for the conference, plans that Cabrillo cannot let happen. But what does it all have to do with a two- hundred- year-old naval battle and the centuries-old Islamic scrolls that the Libyans seem so determined to find? The answers will lead him full circle into history, and into another pitched battle on the sea, this time against Islamic terrorists, and with the fate of nations resting on its outcome.
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The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler
Book Discussion: https://www.librarything.com/groups/bookdiscussionthesil
Series: Oregon Files Book #7
Publication Date: February 22, 2011
Book Description: On December 7, 1941, five brothers exploring a shaft on a small island off the coast of Washington state make an exciting discovery, only to be interrupted by news of Pearl Harbor. In the present, Cabrillo, chasing the remnants of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, makes a shocking discovery of his own. His search to untangle the mystery leads him first to that small island and its secret, and then much further back, to an ancient Chinese expedition, and a curse that seems to have survived for over five hundred years. If Cabrillo’s team is successful in its quest, the reward could be incalculable. If not...the only reward is death.
Dates Read: August 1, 2017 - August 6, 2017
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew 4; - Carol 4;- Sergei 3.5; - Lynda 4; - Brenda 4; Eadie 4;
Overall Average Rating: 3.92
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The Jungle by Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul
Book Discussion:https://www.librarything.com/groups/bookdiscussionthejun
Series: The Oregon Files Book #8
Publication Date: February 28, 2012 (paperback)
Book Description: Jungles come in many forms. There are the steamy rain forests of the Burmese highlands. There are the lies and betrayals of the world of covert operations. And there are the dark and twisted thoughts of a man bent on near-global domination. To pull off their latest mission, Cabrillo and his remarkable men and women must survive them all. A devastating new weapon unleashed in thirteenth-century China . . . a daring rescue in the snowbound mountains along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border . . . a woman gone missing in the jungles of northern Thailand and Myanmar . . . for Cabrillo and company, all of these events will come together leading to the greatest threat against U.S. security that the country has ever known.
Dates Read: November 2017 - November 2017
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew 4, Carol 4.5, Sergei 4, Lynda 4, Eadie 4, Brenda 4
Overall Average Rating: 4.08
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Mirage by Clive Cussler & Jack DuBrul
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #9
Publication Date: October 28, 2014
Book Description: In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax-but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't so sure. There is talk of a new weapon soon to be sold, something very dangerous to America's interests, and the rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943. Was he responsible for the experiment? Are his notes in the hands of enemies? As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined-but by the time he realizes it, he may already be too late.
Dates Read: March 7, 2018 - March 12, 2018
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew- 4.5, Carol- 5, Lynda- 4.5, Sergei-5, Eadie-5, Brenda- 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.75
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Piranha by Clive Cussler
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files series Book #10
Publication Date: May 26, 2016
Book Description: In 1902, the volcano Mt. Pelée erupts on the island of Martinique, wiping out an entire city of thirty thousand—and sinking a ship carrying a German scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough. More than a century later, Juan Cabrillo will have to deal with that scientist’s legacy. During a covert operation, Cabrillo and the crew meticulously fake the sinking of the Oregon—but when an unknown adversary tracks them down despite their planning and attempts to assassinate them, Cabrillo and his team struggle to fight back against an enemy who seems to be able to anticipate their every move. They discover that a traitorous American weapons designer has completed the German scientist’s work, and now wields extraordinary power, sending the Oregon on a race against time to stop an attack that could lead to one man ruling over the largest empire the world has ever known.
Dates Read: June 1, 2018 - June 6, 2018
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew- 3.75; Sergei- 3.5; Carol - 4; Lynda- 4; Eadie- 4; Brenda- 3.5
Overall Average Rating: 3.79
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The Emperor's Revenge by Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #11
Publication Date: May 2, 2016
Book Description: When a bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation’s “offshore” account, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon find themselves unexpectedly vulnerable. Without his usual financial assets, Juan must trust a woman from his past, an old friend from his days with the CIA, to help him keep his team safe. Together, they’ll face a mysterious hacker with a brutal vendetta. It is only after the hunt begins that the enormity of the plan comes into focus: the bank theft is just the first step in a plot that will result in the deaths of millions and bring the world’s economies to a standstill. The catalyst for the scheme? A stunning document stolen during Napoleon’s disastrous invasion of Russia. But two hundred years later, it may be the thing that brings Europe to its knees.
Dates Read: August 19, 2018 - August 24, 2018
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew- 4.75, Eadie - 4.5, Lynda- 4.5, Sergei - 4.5, Brenda - 4.5, Carol in spirit - 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.54
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Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #12
Publication Date: November 7, 2017
Book Description: Hired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon soon find themselves in much deeper waters. The vicious leader of a Filipino insurgency is not only using them to finance his attacks, he has stumbled upon one of the most lethal secrets of World War II: a Japanese-developed drug, designed, but never used, to turn soldiers into super-warriors. To stop him, the Oregon must not only take on the rebel commander, but a South African mercenary intent on getting his own hands on the drug, a massive swarm of torpedo drones targeting the U.S. Navy, an approaching mega storm, and, just possibly, a war that could envelop the entire Asian continent.
Dates Read: December 14, 2018 - December 19, 2018
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew- 3.75, Sergei- 4.5, Carol- 4, Lynda- 4, Eadie - 4, Brenda -4
Overall Average Rating: 4.04
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Shadow Tyrants by Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #13
Publication Date: September 11, 2018
Book Description: Nearly two thousand years ago, an Eastern emperor charged a small group with safeguarding secrets powerful enough to change the history of mankind. They went down in legend as the Nine Unknown Men--and now two rival factions of their descendants are fighting a mighty battle. Both sides think they are saving the world, but their tactics could very well bring about the end of humankind. Soon, Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives aboard the Oregon find themselves trapped between two power-hungry adversaries, both of whom are willing to use shocking means to accomplish their goals. Cabrillo and the team must divide and conquer as they fight dual threats, which include a supercomputer at sea and satellites that can wipe out technology across the globe--including the high-tech weapons on board the Oregon. The crew must rely on their unique skills to stop the tyrants in their tracks and save the earth from a dynasty of terror.
Dates Read: August 9 - August 13, 2019
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew 4- Carol 4.5- Sergei 4- Lynda 4 - Eadie 4 - Brenda-4
Overall Average Rating: 4.08
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Final Option - Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
Book Discussion:
Series: The Oregon Files Book #14
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
Book Description:In the remote wastes of Greenland, a young scientist has unearthed an artifact hidden in a cave for a millennium: a 50,000 year-old radioactive meteorite known as the Sacred Stone. But the astounding find places him in the crosshairs of two opposing groups who seek the stone for themselves. One is a group of Muslim extremists who have stolen a nuclear device. With the power of the meteorite, they could vaporize any city in the west. The other group is led by a megalomaniacal industrialist who seeks to carry out the utter annihilation of Islam itself. Caught between two militant factions bent on wholesale slaughter, Juan Cabrillo and his crew must fight to protect the scientist and the Sacred Stone—and prevent the outbreak of World War III.
Dates Read: February 11, 2020 - February 15, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew -5, Sergei - 5, Carol -5, Lynda -5, Eadie 5-, Brenda 5
Overall Average Rating: 5.00
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Marauder - Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files - Book #15
Publication Date: August 24, 2021 (Hardcover)
Book Description: While interrupting an attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker, Juan Cabrillo and his team discover something even more dangerous: a ruthless billionaire's dying wish has allowed a paralyzing chemical to end up in the hands of a terrorist group. When an Oregon crew member falls victim to the poison, Juan Cabrillo will stop at nothing to find an antidote before it is too late. He and his team must connect an ancient mystery with a cunning modern enemy in order to save millions of innocent lives, including their own.
Dates Read: June 8, 2023- June 13, 2023
Participants & Ratings: - (8) - Andrew - 4.0 Sergei -4.5 John -4.0 Eadie - 5.0 Carol - 5.0 Lynda -4.0 Brenda -4.0 Maura - 4.0
Overall Average Rating: 4.32
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Hellburner - Clive Cussler & Mike Madden
Book Discussion
Series:The Oregon File Book #16
Publication Date: September 6, 2022
Book Description:When Juan Cabrillo fails to capture the leader of Mexico’s most dangerous drug cartel and loses an Oregon crew member in the process, he’s determined to get revenge. Little does he know that the explosion he just narrowly escaped was merely the latest flash of violence from a machine of war that has existed for decades, dating from the bloodiest episode in Armenia’s history. Cabrillo’s Corporation of mercenaries may have finally met its match in The Pipeline—a criminal syndicate passed down from father to son across generations. A group that sits with its finger on the trigger of a torpedo so deadly it could level entire cities. With millions of innocent civilians hanging in the balance, the Oregon’s crew must unravel a tangle of drug-smuggling routes and international conspiracies spanning from the Aegean Sea to the Indian Ocean, putting their lives on the line to find the weapon before its countdown hits zero.
Dates Read: April 11-16, 2024
Participants & Ratings; (7) Andrew: 4.0 Sergei:3.5 Carol:3.5 Lynda:3.0 Eadie:3.5 John:3.75 Maura:3.5
Overall Average Rating: 3.04
Series: The Oregon Files Book #1
Publication Date: October 1, 2003
Book Description: I didn't find a content description, but I did find what customers that bought the book had said" "i>Customers find the storyline intriguing and fast paced. They also describe the book as a good start to an amazing series. Opinions are mixed on the writing style, with some finding it marvelous and intense, while others say it's confusing and hard to keep up with the characters. Readers also disagree on the characters, with others finding them wonderful and well developed, while still others find them too many. Reader opinions are mixed also on the entertainment value, with customers finding it engaging and entertaining, while other find it boring and contrived.
I have no info about the group read for this.
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The Sacred Stone - Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo
Series: The Oregon Files Book #2
Publication Date: January 1...but no year listed. You can own a copy though for $84.00 and change.
Book Description: Two embattled groups seek a 50,000-year-old meteorite first discovered and then hidden by Eric the Red and his Vikings. Known as the Sacred Stone, it has powerful radioactive properties. Muslim extremists have stolen a nuclear device and need the stone to give them the power to vaporize any city in the west. A megalomaniacal industrialist leads a group seeking to carry out the utter annihilation of Islam itself. And caught between the two militant factions is Juan Cabrillo and his crew, who must do whatever they can to stop the impending doom...
No info on group read.
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Dark Watch by Clive Cussler and Jack DuBrul
Group Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #3
Publication Date: 2005
Book Description: 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 from the Far East to ask for Cabrillo's special brand of assistance: a consortium of Japanese shipping magnates whose fortunes are being threatened by brutal pirates trolling the waters of Southeast Asia. Normally, such attacks on the high seas are limited to smaller ships and foreign-owned yachts-easy targets on the open ocean. Now, however, giant commercial freighters are disappearing. But when Cabrillo confronts the enemy, he learns that the pirates' predations hide a deadly international conspiracy-a scheme of death and slavery that Juan Cabrillo is going to blow out of the water.
Dates Read: July 8 – 12, 2016
Participants: - Andrew, Lynda. Eadie, Sergei, Brenda, Carol
Ratings: Lynda 4.5; Carol 4.5; Eadie 4..5; Sergei 4.5; Brenda 4.5; Andrew 4
Overall Average Rating: 4.42
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Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul
Group Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #4
Publication Date: originally published October 3, 2006 Reprint January 3, 2012
Book Description: "Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert combat ship Oregon have barely escaped a mission on the Congo River when they intercept a mayday from a defenseless boat under fire off the African coast. Cabrillo takes action, saving the beautiful Sloane Macintyre - who's looking for a long-submerged ship that may hold a fortune in diamonds. But what surprises Cabrillo is her story about a crazy fisherman who claims to have been attacked on the open sea by giant metal snakes in the same area. What begins as a snake hunt leads Cabrillo onto the trail of a far more lethal quarry - a deranged militant and his followers who plan to unleash the devastating power of nature itself against all who oppose them."
Dates Read September 6 - September 11, 2016
Participants: (6) Andrew, Carol, Eadie, Lynda, Brenda, Sergei
Ratings: Andrew -4, Carol - 4, Eadie -4, Lynda - 4, Brenda - 4, Sergei - 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.08
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Plague Ship by Clive Cussler & Jack DuBrul
Book Discussion:https://www.librarything.com/groups/bookdiscussionplague
Series: Oregon File Book #5
Publication Date: February 24, 2009
Book Description: Captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo and manned by a crew of former military and spy personnel, the Oregon is a private enterprise, available for any government agency that can afford it. They've just completed a top secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf when they come across a cruise ship adrift at sea. Hundreds of bodies litter its deck, and, as Cabrillo tries to determine what happened, explosions rack the length of the ship. Barely able to escape with his own life and that of the liner’s sole survivor, Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate – and as perilous – as any he has ever known and pitted against a cult with monstrously lethal plans for the human race . . . plans he may already be too late to stop.
Dates Read: January 6, 2017 - January 11, 2017
Participants: (6) Andrew, Carol, Sergei, Lynda, Eadie, Brenda
Ratings: Andrew - 4; Carol- 4; Sergei -4; Lynda-4; Eadie - 4; Brenda -;
Overall Average Rating: 4.00 (missing 1 person)
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I have no idea what happened to book #6. I have no other info other than what is here that I picked up online.
Corsair - (The Oregon Files) by Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul
Series: - Oregon Files Book #6
Publication Date: - January 1, 2009
Book Description: When the U.S. secretary of state’s plane crashes while bringing her to a summit meeting in Libya, the CIA, distrusting the Libyans, hire Juan Cabrillo to search for her, and their misgivings are well founded. The crew locates the plane, but the secretary of state has vanished. It turns out Libya’s new foreign minister has other plans for the conference, plans that Cabrillo cannot let happen. But what does it all have to do with a two- hundred- year-old naval battle and the centuries-old Islamic scrolls that the Libyans seem so determined to find? The answers will lead him full circle into history, and into another pitched battle on the sea, this time against Islamic terrorists, and with the fate of nations resting on its outcome.
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The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler
Book Discussion: https://www.librarything.com/groups/bookdiscussionthesil
Series: Oregon Files Book #7
Publication Date: February 22, 2011
Book Description: On December 7, 1941, five brothers exploring a shaft on a small island off the coast of Washington state make an exciting discovery, only to be interrupted by news of Pearl Harbor. In the present, Cabrillo, chasing the remnants of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, makes a shocking discovery of his own. His search to untangle the mystery leads him first to that small island and its secret, and then much further back, to an ancient Chinese expedition, and a curse that seems to have survived for over five hundred years. If Cabrillo’s team is successful in its quest, the reward could be incalculable. If not...the only reward is death.
Dates Read: August 1, 2017 - August 6, 2017
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew 4; - Carol 4;- Sergei 3.5; - Lynda 4; - Brenda 4; Eadie 4;
Overall Average Rating: 3.92
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The Jungle by Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul
Book Discussion:https://www.librarything.com/groups/bookdiscussionthejun
Series: The Oregon Files Book #8
Publication Date: February 28, 2012 (paperback)
Book Description: Jungles come in many forms. There are the steamy rain forests of the Burmese highlands. There are the lies and betrayals of the world of covert operations. And there are the dark and twisted thoughts of a man bent on near-global domination. To pull off their latest mission, Cabrillo and his remarkable men and women must survive them all. A devastating new weapon unleashed in thirteenth-century China . . . a daring rescue in the snowbound mountains along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border . . . a woman gone missing in the jungles of northern Thailand and Myanmar . . . for Cabrillo and company, all of these events will come together leading to the greatest threat against U.S. security that the country has ever known.
Dates Read: November 2017 - November 2017
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew 4, Carol 4.5, Sergei 4, Lynda 4, Eadie 4, Brenda 4
Overall Average Rating: 4.08
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Mirage by Clive Cussler & Jack DuBrul
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #9
Publication Date: October 28, 2014
Book Description: In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax-but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't so sure. There is talk of a new weapon soon to be sold, something very dangerous to America's interests, and the rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943. Was he responsible for the experiment? Are his notes in the hands of enemies? As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined-but by the time he realizes it, he may already be too late.
Dates Read: March 7, 2018 - March 12, 2018
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew- 4.5, Carol- 5, Lynda- 4.5, Sergei-5, Eadie-5, Brenda- 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.75
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Piranha by Clive Cussler
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files series Book #10
Publication Date: May 26, 2016
Book Description: In 1902, the volcano Mt. Pelée erupts on the island of Martinique, wiping out an entire city of thirty thousand—and sinking a ship carrying a German scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough. More than a century later, Juan Cabrillo will have to deal with that scientist’s legacy. During a covert operation, Cabrillo and the crew meticulously fake the sinking of the Oregon—but when an unknown adversary tracks them down despite their planning and attempts to assassinate them, Cabrillo and his team struggle to fight back against an enemy who seems to be able to anticipate their every move. They discover that a traitorous American weapons designer has completed the German scientist’s work, and now wields extraordinary power, sending the Oregon on a race against time to stop an attack that could lead to one man ruling over the largest empire the world has ever known.
Dates Read: June 1, 2018 - June 6, 2018
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew- 3.75; Sergei- 3.5; Carol - 4; Lynda- 4; Eadie- 4; Brenda- 3.5
Overall Average Rating: 3.79
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The Emperor's Revenge by Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #11
Publication Date: May 2, 2016
Book Description: When a bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation’s “offshore” account, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon find themselves unexpectedly vulnerable. Without his usual financial assets, Juan must trust a woman from his past, an old friend from his days with the CIA, to help him keep his team safe. Together, they’ll face a mysterious hacker with a brutal vendetta. It is only after the hunt begins that the enormity of the plan comes into focus: the bank theft is just the first step in a plot that will result in the deaths of millions and bring the world’s economies to a standstill. The catalyst for the scheme? A stunning document stolen during Napoleon’s disastrous invasion of Russia. But two hundred years later, it may be the thing that brings Europe to its knees.
Dates Read: August 19, 2018 - August 24, 2018
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew- 4.75, Eadie - 4.5, Lynda- 4.5, Sergei - 4.5, Brenda - 4.5, Carol in spirit - 4.5
Overall Average Rating: 4.54
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Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #12
Publication Date: November 7, 2017
Book Description: Hired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon soon find themselves in much deeper waters. The vicious leader of a Filipino insurgency is not only using them to finance his attacks, he has stumbled upon one of the most lethal secrets of World War II: a Japanese-developed drug, designed, but never used, to turn soldiers into super-warriors. To stop him, the Oregon must not only take on the rebel commander, but a South African mercenary intent on getting his own hands on the drug, a massive swarm of torpedo drones targeting the U.S. Navy, an approaching mega storm, and, just possibly, a war that could envelop the entire Asian continent.
Dates Read: December 14, 2018 - December 19, 2018
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew- 3.75, Sergei- 4.5, Carol- 4, Lynda- 4, Eadie - 4, Brenda -4
Overall Average Rating: 4.04
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Shadow Tyrants by Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files Book #13
Publication Date: September 11, 2018
Book Description: Nearly two thousand years ago, an Eastern emperor charged a small group with safeguarding secrets powerful enough to change the history of mankind. They went down in legend as the Nine Unknown Men--and now two rival factions of their descendants are fighting a mighty battle. Both sides think they are saving the world, but their tactics could very well bring about the end of humankind. Soon, Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives aboard the Oregon find themselves trapped between two power-hungry adversaries, both of whom are willing to use shocking means to accomplish their goals. Cabrillo and the team must divide and conquer as they fight dual threats, which include a supercomputer at sea and satellites that can wipe out technology across the globe--including the high-tech weapons on board the Oregon. The crew must rely on their unique skills to stop the tyrants in their tracks and save the earth from a dynasty of terror.
Dates Read: August 9 - August 13, 2019
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew 4- Carol 4.5- Sergei 4- Lynda 4 - Eadie 4 - Brenda-4
Overall Average Rating: 4.08
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Final Option - Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
Book Discussion:
Series: The Oregon Files Book #14
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
Book Description:In the remote wastes of Greenland, a young scientist has unearthed an artifact hidden in a cave for a millennium: a 50,000 year-old radioactive meteorite known as the Sacred Stone. But the astounding find places him in the crosshairs of two opposing groups who seek the stone for themselves. One is a group of Muslim extremists who have stolen a nuclear device. With the power of the meteorite, they could vaporize any city in the west. The other group is led by a megalomaniacal industrialist who seeks to carry out the utter annihilation of Islam itself. Caught between two militant factions bent on wholesale slaughter, Juan Cabrillo and his crew must fight to protect the scientist and the Sacred Stone—and prevent the outbreak of World War III.
Dates Read: February 11, 2020 - February 15, 2020
Participants & Ratings: (6) Andrew -5, Sergei - 5, Carol -5, Lynda -5, Eadie 5-, Brenda 5
Overall Average Rating: 5.00
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Marauder - Clive Cussler & Boyd Morrison
Book Discussion:
Series: Oregon Files - Book #15
Publication Date: August 24, 2021 (Hardcover)
Book Description: While interrupting an attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker, Juan Cabrillo and his team discover something even more dangerous: a ruthless billionaire's dying wish has allowed a paralyzing chemical to end up in the hands of a terrorist group. When an Oregon crew member falls victim to the poison, Juan Cabrillo will stop at nothing to find an antidote before it is too late. He and his team must connect an ancient mystery with a cunning modern enemy in order to save millions of innocent lives, including their own.
Dates Read: June 8, 2023- June 13, 2023
Participants & Ratings: - (8) - Andrew - 4.0 Sergei -4.5 John -4.0 Eadie - 5.0 Carol - 5.0 Lynda -4.0 Brenda -4.0 Maura - 4.0
Overall Average Rating: 4.32
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Hellburner - Clive Cussler & Mike Madden
Book Discussion
Series:The Oregon File Book #16
Publication Date: September 6, 2022
Book Description:When Juan Cabrillo fails to capture the leader of Mexico’s most dangerous drug cartel and loses an Oregon crew member in the process, he’s determined to get revenge. Little does he know that the explosion he just narrowly escaped was merely the latest flash of violence from a machine of war that has existed for decades, dating from the bloodiest episode in Armenia’s history. Cabrillo’s Corporation of mercenaries may have finally met its match in The Pipeline—a criminal syndicate passed down from father to son across generations. A group that sits with its finger on the trigger of a torpedo so deadly it could level entire cities. With millions of innocent civilians hanging in the balance, the Oregon’s crew must unravel a tangle of drug-smuggling routes and international conspiracies spanning from the Aegean Sea to the Indian Ocean, putting their lives on the line to find the weapon before its countdown hits zero.
Dates Read: April 11-16, 2024
Participants & Ratings; (7) Andrew: 4.0 Sergei:3.5 Carol:3.5 Lynda:3.0 Eadie:3.5 John:3.75 Maura:3.5
Overall Average Rating: 3.04
3Andrew-theQM
Thanks Carol 😊
4Sergeirocks
>2 Carol420: Great job; thanks, Carol, ☺️.
5EadieB
Thanks! >2 Carol420:
6Carol420
>3 Andrew-theQM: >4 Sergeirocks: >5 EadieB: - You are all welcome. I don't know how much time I will be able to devote to the discussion as I will be spending heaven only knows how much time with the IRS in Lansing trying to make them understand the concept that my mother CAN NOT POSSIBLY APPEAR before them to explain why she hasn't paid any taxes since 2017. I want to yell at them to look at the death certificate that I provided to you the last time you asked two months ago!!!! Which part of the lady is DEAD don't you understand??? Insanity...your middle name is IRS. I'm taking our financial advisor with me this time. He has a lot more patience than I do. If I need books sent to the Federal Prison, I will let you all know.
7EadieB
>6 Carol420: Was the words “Final Report” put on the 2017 IRS form? You need to spell it out on the last form you filed to the IRS. The government is stupid and the death certificate is enough but you need to spell it out per John Burke. If you are dealing with an agent or a tax clerk, agents solve problems while tax clerks just mumble the party line of the IRS. Accountants and attorneys have a direct line as the general public does not.
8Andrew-theQM
>6 Carol420: That sound horrific Carol. Sending positive thoughts. How inhumane to treat grieving families like this.
9Carol420
>7 EadieB: I'm taking my "expert" with me. Our attorney spoke to someone and told them that "Final Report" was on her last IRS form and should have been pretty self- explanatory and easy to understand...but evidently not. He's mad enough for all of us and has called these people names that I didn't know that he knew. So, we are making the trip on Tuesday. He's making them dig out and show him her forms since 2000...which will include the last one for 2017. They said they weren't sure if that was possible, and he told them to MAKE IT POSSIBLE. This is not state tax they're questioning, it's federal. I'm glad they're letting us go to Lansing and nor Detroit. There is nothing that i want to go to Detroit for.
>8 Andrew-theQM: I think they will let me have access to a computer in prison...so you won't have to get another admin:)
>8 Andrew-theQM: I think they will let me have access to a computer in prison...so you won't have to get another admin:)
10Sergeirocks
>6 Carol420: Ridiculous situation to be in!
And what were they going to do with a ninety-odd-year-old woman if she hadn’t paid her taxes? Throw her in jail? Civil servants, huh!: bunch of idiots.
And what were they going to do with a ninety-odd-year-old woman if she hadn’t paid her taxes? Throw her in jail? Civil servants, huh!: bunch of idiots.
11Olivermagnus
Carol......that sounds awful. I'm so sorry you have to go through this. Once they are done taking you through processing, and give you a prisoner number, let me know. I'll send a big box of books, along with a cake (be careful cutting it). Wink Wink.....
12Maura49
>6 Carol420: What an awful business and so distressing for you. Very best of luck in sorting this out Carol. good that you will not be alone when meeting with IRS reps.
13Carol420
>10 Sergeirocks: I'm afraid to ask! My Mom was 95 when she died. Actually, I think she could have handled the whole bunch with no problem whatsoever. After all she raised me:)
>11 Olivermagnus: What a good friend you are. Chocolate cake please so the handle doesn't show:)
>12 Maura49: Ha! I would NEVER meet these folks alone. Our attorney says he doesn't think that it will take long to straighten it out.
On a happier note...We went to Shipshewana, Indiana last night to finally see Celtic Woman perform. I've had the tickets for 3-years now. They were originally supposed to come in 2021 but Covid prevented them from coming into the U.S. The second year they weren't allowed to leave Ireland because of the Covid regulation there and in 2023 they had to make major repairs to their set that had been in storage for 2-years. Finally!!! Great show. If you like Irish music, they are well worth the time and the money to see. My mother was born in Ireland but came to the U.S when she was 18-months old...and she loved anything Irish. She shared my love of the Celtic Thunder group, and she would have loved this group.
>11 Olivermagnus: What a good friend you are. Chocolate cake please so the handle doesn't show:)
>12 Maura49: Ha! I would NEVER meet these folks alone. Our attorney says he doesn't think that it will take long to straighten it out.
On a happier note...We went to Shipshewana, Indiana last night to finally see Celtic Woman perform. I've had the tickets for 3-years now. They were originally supposed to come in 2021 but Covid prevented them from coming into the U.S. The second year they weren't allowed to leave Ireland because of the Covid regulation there and in 2023 they had to make major repairs to their set that had been in storage for 2-years. Finally!!! Great show. If you like Irish music, they are well worth the time and the money to see. My mother was born in Ireland but came to the U.S when she was 18-months old...and she loved anything Irish. She shared my love of the Celtic Thunder group, and she would have loved this group.
