| Product Summary | | Format: Hardcover | | ISBN: 9780399155390 | | Publisher: Putnam Adult | | Publish Date: 3/10/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 208666910 | | Item#: | | Dimensions (in Inches) 9.5H x 6.5L x 1.5T | | Pages: 448 |
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| | | | For five novels, Clive Cussler has brought readers into the world of the Oregon, a seemingly dilapidated ship packed with sophisticated equipment, and captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo. And now the Oregon and its crew face their biggest challenge yet.
Corsairs are pirates, and pirates come in many different varieties. There are the pirates who fought off the Barbary Coast in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the contemporary pirates who infest the waters of Africa and Asia, and the pirates . . . who look like something else.
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.
“Readers will burn up the pages following the blazing action and daring exploits of these men and women and their amazing machines,” writes Publishers Weekly of the Oregon Files series. And they’ll do it once again, with Corsair.
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Clive Cussler turns out another action-packed political thriller on the high seas, with Captain Juan Cabrillo investigating the disappearance of the secretary of state in the midst of brutal pirates, a scheming Libyan foreign minster, historic sea battles, and Islamic terrorists.
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 | Corsair by Clive Cussler and Jack Dubrul - Book Review By: Megalith - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 3/9/2009 1:54 PM | | Corsair by Clive Cussler and Jack Dubrul is the sixth novel in their co-authored Oregon Files series. Captained by Juan Cabrillo, the Oregon is a modern-day Trojan Horse - a vessel that, on the outside, appears broken down and in disrepair, but actually holds sophisticated equipment and powerful weaponry. Corsair opens with a prologue set during the Barbary pirate war, in which American ships raid a heavily defended port. The battle and ensuing chase are told in Cussler’s trademark thrilling style, and serves as an enticing appetizer for the story to follow....read the full review |
| Praise| "Cussler fans used to international intrigue and battles at sea will not be disappointed." - Mary Frances Wilkens 03/01/2009 |
| Author Bio| Clive Cussler | | Born in Aurora, Illinois, Cussler grew up mainly in California where he attended Pasadena City College before joining the Air Force during the Korean War. Serving as an aircraft mechanic and flight engineer, Cussler eventually left the service to work in advertising as a copywriter, moving on to become creative director of some of the country's most prestigious agencies. Cussler didn't begin writing novels until he was 34, and it wasn't until eight years later in 1973 that he published a novel featuring Dirk Pitt, the hero he is most famous for creating. Since then, Cussler has gone on to write a long list of best-selling adventure novels, which have been translated into 40 languages and have been sold in over 135 countries. He has served as chairman of the National Underwater & Marine Agency, and as a fellow in the Explorers Club of New York, the Royal Geographic Society in London, and the American Society of Oceanographers. Cussler is married to Barbara Knight, with whom he has had three children. He spends much of his time on his favorite hobby, tending to his sizable collection of rare and classic cars. |
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