Dark watch

Juan Cabrillo and his crew aboard the Oregon take on modern-day pirates for a surprising new client in this novel in the #1 New York Times- bestselling series.

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.

Author Notes

Clive Cussler was born in Aurora, Illinois on July 15, 1931. He attended Pasadena City College for two years before enlisting in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. After his discharge from the military, he worked first as a copywriter and later as a creative director for two of the nation's most successful advertising agencies. At that time, he wrote and produced radio and television commercials that won numerous international awards, including one at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

He began writing in 1965 and published his first novel featuring Dirk Pitt in 1973. His first non-fiction work, The Sea Hunters, was published in 1996. He has written over 50 books including the Dirk Pitt series, the NUMA Files series, Oregon Files series, Isaac Bell series, and the Fargo Adventure series.

He is the Chairman of NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency), a non-profit group which he founded. He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers have discovered over 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites.

Clive Cussler died on February 24, 2020 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Writing the best-selling books Table for One and Spaghetti and Meatball has made Julia James famous as the Queen of Single People. With her professional and personal identities wrapped up in being single, she's mortified when the press links her amorously with a one-time acquaintance, struggling actor Lance Collins. When Lance accompanies Julia (with the encouragement of his unscrupulous agent) home to Oklahoma, it not only fans the flames but also brings the pair closer together. Although Julia eventually falls in love with Lance, she finds it hard to leave the security of singledom. Problematically, the plot often feels forced and choppy, and the supporting characters of Julia's friends and family overwhelm rather than enhance the principal players. This is unfortunate because Julia and Lance are both truly decent, likable characters with more than a spark of chemistry between them. Carter's writing is similar to, but not quite as readable as, Lani Diane Rich's (Ex and the Single Girl). Recommended only for large popular fiction collections.-Lisa Davis-Craig, Canton P.L., MI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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