Adventure

Good Read and it will now go to the cottage collection for others to enjoy. ( )

Another great Cussler. You can't go wrong reading these ( )

There are certain authors that simply become synonymous with their genres. Stephen King is a horror/thriller genius, Tom Clancy knew more about military tactics and espionage than the Secretary of Defense, George R.R. Martin knows how to blend alternative history and fantasy together like no other… and when it comes to Clive Cussler, well let’s just say that nobody can write an adventure quite like he can.

Mirage revolves around the mysterious tale of Juan Cabrillo, who is on a dangerous mission to save his old friend Yuri Borodin from a maximum Siberian prison. But the mission goes terribly wrong and Yuri dies in the process. However, with his dying breath, Yuri says: “Tesla”, which sends Juan on a mission to find out why. Now, for the Nikola Tesla fans out there (yes, I am one of you), we see our favourite scientist being characterized once again, but this time he’s somewhat more himself, albeit a little eviller than we’ve seen in the past. Apparently, Tesla not only invented alternating-current electricity, but he’s also developed a number of secret weapons, including a death ray, an earthquake machine, and an invisibility field and basically everything evil scientific geniuses could think of. But Juan has to find out the secrets before these weapons, and something even more sinister, can be auctioned off. The stakes are high, the threat is real, can Juan Cambrillo save the world before it’s too late?

I love a good adventure and I enjoyed Mirage so much that I can’t put it into proper words. It’s well written, got a nifty plot and some cool characters to spice things up (I think Nikola Tesla was the best inventor since Leonardo Da Vinci. Thank Sanctuary for my obsession there), and then we have the whole “the world will end” type of scenario that always entertains the hell out of me. So, yes. Mirage was awesome and I really think that if you’re in the mood for a fantastic little adventure, this will be the book to guide you on your exploration. Let’s be honest though, any Clive Cussler book will sweep you away to a whole new world filled with some fantastic adventure or another…

(review originally posted on www.killeraphrodite.com) ( )

The story revolves around an invention by Nicola Tesla.--bending optical light waves around an object to render it invisible. There's a mad Russian, the Chinese vs the Japanese and, of course, the crew of the Oregon. The plot is like a series of sub-plots all strung together. Book #9 was pretty good--on to #10. ( )