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Golden Buddha

Golden Buddha: Oregon Files #1

by Craig Dirgo and Clive Cussler

3.83 out of 5 (3 ratings)

Format:
Paperback 
Pages:
544 
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd 
Publication Date:
07 October 2004 
Category:
Espionage & Spy Thriller 
ISBN:
9780141010311 

Description

In "Golden Buddha" Clive Cussler introduces a new hero: Juan Cabrillo. Clive Cussler is back with a new action hero for the high seas: Juan Cabrillo, captain of the Oregon, a state-of-the-art vessel disguised as a rusting heap of junk...When Cabrillo and his ship are hired by the US government to find an ancient statue known as the Golden Buddha, stolen from the Dalai Lama in 1959, the stakes couldn't be higher. Success of failure will determine the future of Tibet. Playing the Russians off against the Chinese while battling against mysterious forces who will do anything to stop them, the crew of the Oregon face a formidable foe. But like his extraordinary ship, the enigmatic Juan Cabrillo has more than a few aces up his sleeve...Packed with blazing action and daring exploits, "Golden Buddha" is a nerve-shredding thriller from the best in the business. The number-one bestseller Clive Cussler, author of the thrilling "Dirk Pitt" novels "Crescent Dawn" and "Atlantis Found", and co-author Craig Dirgo tell the tale of a new hero - Juan Cabrillo - caught up in a plot of treasure hunting and international relations in,the first novel of the adventure series "The Oregon Files", "Golden Buddha". Praise for Clive Cussler: "Cussler is hard to beat". ("Daily Mail"). 'The guy I read' Tom Clancy Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept millions of readers hooked with adventures at sea, exotic locations, cutting-edge science and page-turning pace for four decades. As well as the "Oregon Files" series there are also the "NUMA Files", the "Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all), the "Isaac Bell" adventures and the "Fargo" series. "The Oregon Files" continues with "Sacred Stone", "Dark Watch", "Skeleton Coast", "Plague Ship", "Corsair", "The Silent Sea" and "The Jungle".

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  • This book was very different from the other NUMA books by Clive Cussler or co-written by Clive Cussler. Golden Buddha is set in the same "universe" as the NUMA books, but does not share any characters (other than those characters who made an appearance in an earlier Dirk Pitt novel from which this series is actually a spinoff). The best way to describe this novel would be a very elaborate episode of Mission: Impossible. Imagine an author taking the time to draw out the complexity of a classic MI mission over the length of a novel rather than 48 minutes of television and you'll have a pretty good idea what Golden Buddha was like. Was it improbable? Of course! Was it fun? Sure was!

    4.00 out of 5

    MSWallack

  • 2nd book i read from Clive. About a "corporation" that rights the wrongs of the world through espionage and guile while all the time getting paid really well. Almost like freelance spies. Clive's book are just plain fun and easy to read.

    4.00 out of 5

    monroecheeseman

  • New character, Juan Cabrillo, with high tech ship with non-descript exterior, help put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama.

    3.50 out of 5

    ZachMontana

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