Clive Cussler's Fire Strike

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In this book, we get the intro chapter of the book to discover some of Maurice's earlier military history before he retired from the British Navy and joined Juan Cabrillo's crew. Cabrillo’s crew have met their most fearsome adversaries yet: a force of bio-hacked soldiers endowed with extreme strength and stamina and an unquenchable appetite for violence. Mike Maden adroitly takes over the reins in his second Oregon Files written under Clive Cusslers name. Cabrillo’s crew have met their most fearsome adversaries a force of bio-hacked soldiers endowed with extreme strength and stamina and an unquenchable appetite for violence. The book did have a lot of humor scattered throughout; I remember laughing at times while reading, but I do not remember what I found funny.

When Juan Cabrillo, captain of the Oregon , is hired to extract an undercover operative in Kenya, he finds himself on the trail of a deadly international plot. When Juan Cabrillo, captain of the Oregon, is hired to extract an undercover operative in Kenya, he finds himself on the trail of a deadly international plot.That would have been pretty crazy, to be on an aircraft carrier and watching a C-130 coming in to not only land but take off multiple times with its payload being increased for the next time it landed. Juan Carrillo and his team of high paid mercenaries are tasked to find the missing brother of an associate that has been reported serving time in an overseas high security prison. I felt that the author took Cabrillo to an unbelievable "level" of survivability in this book and it took me out of the moment. Yes, its all luck and significant amounts of danger but at the end of the day we feel safe in knowing that our favorite crew will triumph again.

I am glad I started reading this series as it has been a lot of fun to read and I do feel fairly invested in this series of books (maybe not quite like the Dirk Pitt books, but still invested enough). Apparently, it was just intended to show the reader how bad the bad guys are without the situation being necessary for the plot. I loved that he was able to use the shotgun shell in the heal of his boot to help him win a later fight. I've enjoyed reading the series to this point, but unfortunately, I'll have to discontinue the series is just "high-stakes action" all the time.

The characters feel developed out and we worry for them, even when we sense that they are in danger. And then you had the "mobile attack group" attacking a camp "filled" with these enhanced soldiers and the camp is easily taken out with zero casualties to the Oregon's team(s). Maybe he could have; I have read military biographies and military history books that have described military personnel undergoing crazy extreme wounds and surviving, so anything is possible, I guess. 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®. This is one of those novels where you are thrown into a character's situation for a chapter, and then you are thrown into another character's situation in the next chapter.

The author, Mike Maden did a very good job in writing this novel in the true style of the deceased Cussler. Maurice, the ship's steward, has always been an enigma to me; I have read the books haphazardly, so I have do not know if more about Maurice's background was revealed in prior books. The plot revolves around two stolen missiles and one scientist's quest to improve the gene pool of humanity. Granted, the "super soldiers" plot kinda reminded me of Typhoon Fury except that the super soldiers in this story were altered using CRISPR technology as well as other alterations to their body based upon transhumanism, trying to shift certain groups of humans to "Humanity 2. A former British Royal Navy/Chief steward on The Oregon but I always knew there was more to Maurice than meets the eye.

I enjoyed the blending of current technological levels with advanced theories and advanced levels of technology to extrapolate how things might turn out if such technology was more prevalent today. I would recommend reading any one of the dozen novels in the Oregon Files series before Fire Strike. I enjoy the stories where the Oregon people are in control, we get some character development, and the enemies have no idea what they are dealing with (and are doing the best they can) because, well, they have no idea this ship and crew exists.

I think I've said this numerous times regarding these Clive Cussler originated books, but they're all good easy reading. In their quest to stop him, Cabrillo's crew are about to meet their most fearsome adversaries yet: a force of bio-hacked soldiers endowed with extreme strength and stamina and an unquenchable appetite for violence. Langston Overholt, their CIA contact asked for an off the books favor to find an old colleagues brother that leads the gang into all sorts of trouble. Like millions of others, I first became a Tom Clancy fan after reading The Hunt for Red October, and began my published fiction career in the same techno-thriller genre, starting with DRONE and the sequels, BLUE WARRIOR, DRONE COMMAND and DRONE THREAT. He gets beaten badly, has some broken ribs as well as other bruised bones and tissue, but ends up leading a mission.I thought the bad guys in this novel did exceptionally well against the Oregon crew even though they really knew nothing about them. stars for believability of opening sequence and weird over protectiveness of getting crew into the sick bay. For fans of previous volumes in this series or action heroes like Jack Reacher and Mitch Rapp, this is a must read.