Clive Cussler's Hellburner (Oregon Files)

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A massive Russian underwater bomb has gone missing and the Oregon must find and stop it before it goes off. If they can get hold of a devastating weapon, they will enact a terrible revenge - and millions will die. Aside from that, the main villain's backstory was underwhelming, as was the supporting villains' stories.

I can honestly say I was excited to read a book in my favorite series and I loved all the action, twists and turns through out the book. Not sure why the author used "The Dragon" as a reference to hardship and that it is blood-soaked pavement, I guess they have never been to Deal's Gap. If this book had been part of another series, I would have given it three stars, but I expect better form any works associated with the Clive Cussler name.We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006). Michaelides takes a literary turn in his latest novel, employing an unreliable narrator, the structure of classical drama, and a self-conscious eye to dismantling the locked-room mystery. Cabrillo’s Corporation of mercenaries may have finally met its match in The Pipeline—a criminal syndicate passed down from father to son across generations. Edge of your seat fast paced action and adventure including a member of the Oregon's crew getting badly injured and possibly not able to come back from that injury! Example: Murph and Eric have a team now and their team gets thanked, and Eddie has a job other than head of shore ops, Julie is Huxley all the time and talks differently.

I grew up working in the canneries, feed mills and slaughterhouses of California’s San Joaquin Valley. I'm not familiar with Maden's work, but he did a fine job keeping the familiar feel of all the unique characters in the Oregon Files.S. Geological Survey, leading to “immediate suspension of the National Volcano Early Warning System,” and there’s always someone around looking to monetize the natural disaster and the sasquatch-y onslaught that follows. The crew is mostly former military/intelligence except for a Hollywood guy who lends his special effects, makeup, and wardrobe talent. Cabrillo's Corporation of mercenaries may have finally met its match in The Pipeline - a criminal syndicate passed down from father to son across generations.

Though he isn't present in every scene, he conveys each piece of the story leading up to the murder as if he were an omniscient narrator, capable of accessing every character's interior perspective. We learn about Kate’s possibly stalling career and Leo’s plan to apply to acting schools against his mother’s wishes.

Mike Maden, one of the Tom Clancy Estate's collection of legacy authors, knows his way around the geopolitical thriller genre.