Ghost Ship (The NUMA Files)
- This Certified Refurbished product is tested and certified to look and work like new. The refurbishing process includes functionality testing, basic cleaning, inspection, and repackaging. The product ships with all relevant accessories, a minimum 90-day warranty, and may arrive in a generic box.
The dazzling new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series from Clive Cussler, the grand master of adventure.
When Kurt Austin is injured attempting to rescue the passengers and crew from a sinking yacht, he wakes with fragmented and conflicted memories. Did he see an old friend and her children drown, or was the yacht abandoned when he came aboard? For reasons he cannot explain, Kurt doesn’t trust either version of his recollection.
Determined to know the truth, he beg
List Price: $ 28.95
Price:
CLIVE CUSSLER CONTINUES TO ENTERTAIN!,
Believing that Sienna Westgate may still be alive, waiting to be found, Kurt Austin goes in search of her, taking him to various countries and continents. Sienna, his long-lost love, is believed to have died when her family’s yacht sunk in the Indian Ocean. But there are reasons to hope that she may still be alive. However, he soon uncovered an entrenched and vast web of human trafficking, cybercrime and suspicious accidents. And Kurt, aided by his friends, must get to the bottom of it if he is to know with certainty the fate of Sienna Westgate.
Ghost Ship by Clive Cussler is full of suspense, fast-paced, exciting and totally enjoyable, and fans of the NUMA Files series will find the latest addition a great reading escape.
0
Was this review helpful to you?
|Computer Hacking on Steroids,
Well, here it comes. The world has grown so dependent on computer systems that we don’t fully understand just how vulnerable that can really make us. We all know that hackers are out there and they are stealing identities from people every day and ruining credit scores and lives.
But what if the hackers were to actually hack a “Government” and steal that “Government’s” identity? How devastating could that really be, and is it really possible.
Add to that some detective work, some advance bioengineering issues and you have a novel that is fun to read, fast paced and typical Cussler good times.
Kurt Austin is struggling as we start the book. He has appeared to have an emotional melt down. He is seeing a psychiatrist to try and get himself back in the game. Really, come on, Kurt Austin? He is our hero of hero’s, how can he have a mental breakdown. But it is true and those around him are concerned about his ability to function.
Throw into the mix that he answers a rescue call for a ship in distress to discover that it is an old love, Sienna, who is on the ship with her husband and their children. When he and Zavala get there the boat is sinking. He goes aboard (in a huge storm) to try and effect a rescue. But all he does is see the floating body of what is most likely one of Sienna’s children. He then is knocked out cold and has to be rescued himself.
When he comes to, he accepts the fact that Sienna is dead and moves on. But is that true Kurt Austin fashion? Not on your life and that leads us to believe there truly is something wrong with him.
In another “Side” story the Trouts are later diving on the sunken ship that Sienna was in when all their computers go haywire and the computers attempt to thwart their investigations as well as try to kill them. Futuristic computers out of control! That is the stuff of the future thrillers.
The Trouts then discover, of all things, a ghost ship. A boat that has been missing for a 100 years. What possibility can this ghost ship have to our current sinking?
Well, keep reading to find out. I won’t give you any more details, you have to read on your own. But Cussler and his co-writer have done it again, they have given us a fun read that is probable even though fantastical to comprehend.
Will Austin come out of his funk? Will he have a chance to save a beautiful girl? Will the world melt down due to a global computer virus?
Keep reading to find out.
Enjoy!
0
Was this review helpful to you?
|A Cracking Read!,
The plot is action packed, and far fetched (just how I like my military thrillers, thankyou.), and there was a sprinkling of humour and morality that just lifted the story. The plot was quite easy to follow, and even though the turns weren’t surprising, the journey was thorougly enjoyable.
The characters were a good ensemble cast, which is suprising as these books usually have one ‘hero’ character. It’s nice to see people working as a TEAM!. My personal favourite character of this novel was Duke – everytime he said something, I laughed out lout. Especially when things were in a bit of a crisis state.
I am unable to compare this book to any other Cussler novels, as previously mentioned, this is my first foray into his works, but it was enjoyable enough reading experience. Maybe when I have hunted out some of the older Cusslers I will be able to see how different this book is his, when compared to his standalone works.
0
Was this review helpful to you?
|