3.5
Clive Cussler's Dark Vector
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Kurt Austin must find a vanished ship and stave off a global catastrophe in the latest novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series created by the “grand master of adventure” Clive Cussler.
A freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. While searching for a lost treasure that once belonged to the famous Chinese pirate queen, Ching Shih, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are redirected to look for the missing vessel.
Discovering that the sinking of the ship is just part of an intricate web of deception, they find themselves in the middle of a cyber-war between rival groups of hackers, both of whom want to control the flow of data around the world.
With no allies except a group of pirates who operate under their own crude laws, Kurt and Joe must rescue a colleague held hostage—while keeping the computers out of Russian or Chinese hands and the world’s digital information safe from the hackers.
A freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. While searching for a lost treasure that once belonged to the famous Chinese pirate queen, Ching Shih, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are redirected to look for the missing vessel.
Discovering that the sinking of the ship is just part of an intricate web of deception, they find themselves in the middle of a cyber-war between rival groups of hackers, both of whom want to control the flow of data around the world.
With no allies except a group of pirates who operate under their own crude laws, Kurt and Joe must rescue a colleague held hostage—while keeping the computers out of Russian or Chinese hands and the world’s digital information safe from the hackers.
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3.5
“My second Clive Cussler book on the charts!!
Such a good read.
This book in particular was another pirate adventure but much more modern than his book “Corsair” which I read first.
“Dark Vector” feels like a cross between the MEG movies, modern day hackers, and Pirates of the Caribbean. This book has something to offer for everyone!
Cussler is extraordinarily talented with what he does, and you can see just how knowledgeable he is on the topics of his craft.
The best part about his stories are that he was in fact a real life NUMA employee & so it’s fun to think about how every story was in some small way inspired by something that happened to him while he served in the field.”
BelievableDiverse representationLikeableMemorableMinor characters stand outMultilayeredStrong relationshipsStrong villainAction-packedAddictiveClever plottingGripping/excitingSuspensefulTwistyAncientHistoricalImmersive world-buildingInnovativePicturesqueRealisticSetting fits the storyVivid descriptionsBeautifully-writtenDescriptiveEasy to readAbuseChild abuseDeathGriefMisogynyMurderReligious intoleranceWar violence
“This is my first Clive Cussler, and it's just not my type of book. The constant repetitive action and destruction, and dire lack of character development left me struggling to get to the end of this one. I actually started this a while ago and just recently decided to smash out the final third, and most of the story had honestly escaped my memory. I imagine it wasn't wise to start reading Cussler at this later entry, as it was actually ghostwritten by Graham Brown, so perhaps I need to try again with one of Cussler's own writings. Overall, reading this felt like time wasted.”
“Good read. No noticeable change in the writing with Scott.”
About Graham Brown
Clive Cussler was the author of more than eighty books in five bestselling series, including Dirk Pitt®, NUMA Files®, Oregon Files®, Isaac Bell®, and Sam and Remi Fargo®. His life nearly paralleled that of his hero Dirk Pitt. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he and his NUMA crew of volunteers discovered and surveyed more than seventy-five lost ships of historic significance, including the long-lost Civil War submarine Hunley, which was raised in 2000 with much publicity. Like Pitt, Cussler collected classic automobiles. His collection featured more than one hundred examples of custom coachwork. Cussler passed away in February 2020.
Graham Brown is the author of Black Rain and Black Sun, and the coauthor with Cussler of Devil's Gate, The Storm, Zero Hour, Ghost Ship, The Pharaoh's Secret, Nighthawk, The Rising Sea, Sea of Greed, Journey of the Pharaohs, and Fast Ice. He is a pilot and an attorney.
Graham Brown is the author of Black Rain and Black Sun, and the coauthor with Cussler of Devil's Gate, The Storm, Zero Hour, Ghost Ship, The Pharaoh's Secret, Nighthawk, The Rising Sea, Sea of Greed, Journey of the Pharaohs, and Fast Ice. He is a pilot and an attorney.
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