Skeleton Coast: A Novel of the Oregon Files
Written by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
Narrated by Scott Brick
3.5/5
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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. Still smarting from a weapons-trade gone bad and a double-cross, Cabrillo takes action. He manages to save the beautiful Sloane Macintyre, who's on a mission of her own, 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.
Clive Cussler
Clive Cussler (1931–2020) was the author or coauthor of over eighty books in five bestselling series, including DIRK PITT®, THE NUMA FILES®, THE OREGON FILES ®, AN ISAAC BELL ADVENTURE ®, A SAM AND REMI FARGO ADVENTURE ®, and A KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURE ®. His nonfiction works include Built for Adventure: The Classic Automobiles of Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, Built to Thrill: More Classic Automobiles from Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt, The Sea Hunters, and The Sea Hunters II; these describe the true adventures of the real NUMA, which, led by Cussler, searches for lost ships of historic significance. With his crew of volunteers, Cussler discovered more than sixty ships, including the long-lost Civil War submarine Hunley.
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Reviews for Skeleton Coast
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Overall this was an enjoyable book. I particularly enjoyed the first chapter, which gave the backstory from the 19th Century, and was a good read on it's own. There was plenty of action, and if I was to be very picky possibly too much action which detracted to a certain extent from the flow if the story (at least for me!). I did enjoy the book, the characters, the plot line, the dialogue, however I feel it could have benefited from shorter chapters in places. It is an enjoyable series but with a few tweaks could easily be lifted to an excellent series. I do intend to continue reading the series.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Like many of Cussler's books this started slowly as plot and characters were developed, but after that it was great. Lots of action and pure entertainment.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Book DescriptionJuan 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. My ReviewThis was the 4th book in the Oregon series. I did enjoy the story lines but some of the technical stuff is way over my head. I like the crew members very much and find the characters very interesting. I will continue reading on as I want to see what else Juan Cabrillo and crew will get involved it. I would recommend these books to those who love adventure stories.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Skeleton Coast is the fourth book of the series, The Oregon Files. In this installment, the crew of The Oregon take on African rebel armies, eco terrorists, "giant snakes" and search for a cache of lost diamonds - all in a day's work. As usual, this is a fun, adrenaline-filled story with lots of high-tech weaponry and feats of derring-do.Rating: 4 Stars.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Skeleton Coast is a book with a lot of plots. There of course is danger in solving all of the problems. The least of the troubles was discovering the ship eight miles off of the coast that had bags of uncut diamonds. Four stars were awarded to this book. It is a good story with all of the loose ends completed at the end of the book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fast paced and well organized story intertwining sub-plots of an elite crew of mercenaries, ecoterrorism and a long-lost ship of treasure.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The storytelling is severely hampered by the silly political sermonizing of the author. I'm sure great propagandists from Stalin or Hitler would be proud of how the author has taken a group of "good guys", and created fiction that turns them into villains.
The essence of the story is that Cabrillo and crew must save the world from eco-terrorists. The author then proceeds to look for every opportunity to deliver a sermon about the evils of all the conservationists and environmentalists in the world, lumping them all together as crazy hippies who just don't understand how the world works, and creating a world where they're among the most evil forces we face.
I'm a hunter and fisherman. I spend a great deal of time outdoors. I consider myself a conservationist, and at times perhaps an environmentalist. I found the book deeply offensive to any shred of common sense or sensibility, and kept wondering whether the author was on the payroll for Big Oil in general, or perhaps for BP or Exxon.
I've read an awful lot of stuff from the Cussler stable, and I find this particular author from his stable to be a bit irritating in his tendency to try and be a propagandist for his political views. This book takes that beyond irritating and well into the world of offensive. I won't be buying any more from this series, and it's certainly turned me off to anything else from the stable for quite a while. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Another audio book, another reader and a different style of presentation. However, as with most of Clive Cussler’s books this was also a great adventure. Beautiful women, savages and murder along with bags full of diamonds. What more could one ask for. Of course – an environmental terrorist. Well worth the read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book was my introduction to the Oregon and its crew. It was refreshing to see a lead character who was an amputee. While the prosthesis allowed for some items that even 007 would envy, Cabrillo's loss of a leg does not seem to hinder him. The only drawback from this trade paperback edition were some editing errors; however, they should not discourage the reader from one heck of a good yarn.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Good book, but it dragged on for awhile. Listened to it and it had several twists and unpredictable turns that made it enjoyable. I think I'll listen to another from Cussler's Oregon series.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5it is by far one of the best books i have ever read. it is about a group of mercenaries who is all organized into a corparation. and they all operate from a ship. it looks like an extremely old and falling apart cargo ship. but the entire ship bristles with 30 caliber machine guns, 20 millimeter gatlingguns, and a state of the art prupolsion system. in this book they are hired to sell weapons to african militias to track and aprehend them.but they end up stopping a group of ecoterrosts, rescuing a famous scientist, and finding billions of dalloars worth of diamonds.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Probably a better story than Dark Watch, Skeleton Coast still isn't as interesting as the Dirk Pitt novels. Several of the action sequences were exciting and the cameo at the end was fun (if too brief). However, there were several times when I wanted the story to delve more deeply into some of the ideas and plot avenues. Plus, I couldn't help but feeling that a particular sequence toward the end of the book was a complete ripoff of one of the fun action sequences from the film Sahara (a Dirk Pitt film).
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5While tracing an missing African leader, The Oregon crew finds treasure and enivormental terriorism make for an exciting adventure. Does however reminds this reader of an earlier story Sahara.