Dark Watch

To say I was disappointed with the first two entries in this new Oregon series (Golden Buddha and Sacred Stone) would be an understatement. I couldn’t believe how a brilliant writer like Cussler could have come up with those. Both were a confusing mess of storylines coupled with a bloated cast of characters that made deciphering what was supposed to be happening a genuine chore. With that track record, I was a little nervous about picking this up.

Thankfully, things have turned around. I don’t know if it was replacing Craig Dirgo with Jack Du Brul as a co-author, or Cussler just taking a while to get a grip on these new characters, but this book is light years better then the previous ones. The best change was omitting the character of Richard Truitt entirely (a very bland and forgettable guy who inexplicably got a lot of page time in the previous novels) and tightening up the focus on the 10 or so main Oregon characters. Much like Star Trek, you don’t need to include every character on the ship in the story – focus on the control room, engineering, and medical and have the rest just be disposable red shirts. The story has a lot of moving parts but it’s done in such a way as to still be easy to follow.

These are stand alone novels, so for any new reader I suggest starting here with this series and ignoring the first two books completely. It’s much more enjoyable

This was another great and fun adventure story in Clive Cussler’s Oregon Files series. Several international locations, villains, and the good guys prevailing. A really fun read – hard to put the book down!

Not only is Dark Watch entertaining with its superheroes & ultra technological warship, the Oregon, but it is also informative. Cussler tells about modern slavery as innocent Chinese peasants are lured aboard ships & turned into 21st century slaves in a Russian gold mining business. Cu.ssler’s protagonist, Juan Cabrillo, makes the author’s purpose clear when he declares, “Dark Watch is to protect freedom.”

This is the third book in the Oregon Series and all I can say is the Chairman is becoming one of my favorites characters. The authors take facts and blend them seamlessly with fiction until you can’t tell what is real and what isn’t. I find myself wearing out Google Earth and Wikipedia when I read a Cussler novel. Please guys. Keep them coming.

A page turner, very good and held me as a reader until the very end… I always know when a book is good when im disappointed whne the end comes and there is no more to read…

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