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Corsair |  | Authors: Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: Book
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Rating:  67 reviews
Sales Rank: 2950
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 448
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.4 x 1.4
ISBN: 0399155392
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399155390
ASIN: 0399155392
Publication Date: March 10, 2009
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Product Description
For five novels, Clive Cussler has brought readers into the world of the Oregon, a seemingly dilapidated ship packed with sophisticated equipment, and captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo. And now the Oregon and its crew face their biggest challenge yet.
Corsairs are pirates, and pirates come in many different varieties. There are the pirates who fought off the Barbary Coast in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the contemporary pirates who infest the waters of Africa and Asia, and the pirates . . . who look like something else.
When the U.S. secretary of state’s plane crashes while bringing her to a summit meeting in Libya, the CIA, distrusting the Libyans, hire Juan Cabrillo to search for her, and their misgivings are well founded. The crew locates the plane, but the secretary of state has vanished. It turns out Libya’s new foreign minister has other plans for the conference, plans that Cabrillo cannot let happen. But what does it all have to do with a two- hundred- year-old naval battle and the centuries-old Islamic scrolls that the Libyans seem so determined to find? The answers will lead him full circle into history, and into another pitched battle on the sea, this time against Islamic terrorists, and with the fate of nations resting on its outcome.
“Readers will burn up the pages following the blazing action and daring exploits of these men and women and their amazing machines,” writes Publishers Weekly of the Oregon Files series. And they’ll do it once again, with Corsair.
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 Good Read ! November 21, 2009
E. Yakabovicz (Philadelphia, DE United States)
I found this "Juan Cabrillo" story very good and enjoyable. This was a well written book with good story line. If you are a "Juan Cabrillo" fan, you will enjoy this book. I read it on a recent business trip across the Pacafic and enjoyed the experience. I'm a huge Clive Cussler fan and this book measures up to the Cussler standard we expect. I found the storyline to be within the current news of today, which adds that extra interesting topics to the story.
Clive Cussler October 31, 2009
Jere Gunderman (Florida)
As of today, I have read all but 3 of the works from Clive Cussler. Outstanding author, his books are hard to put down once you start. His research and writing style are hard to match. Buying used books through Amazon.com is the way to build a library of your favorite author.
Good stuff October 28, 2009
Sharkbait (Waikiki)
Like Skeleton Coast, a bit heavy on the blood and a bit light on the science.
Exciting jihadists adventure October 22, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The story begins in the past, as most of the Oregon File novels do. This time it is Barbary pirates--jihadists--off the coast of Libya in 1803.
The young American nation's first brush with jihadists occurred in the 1780s when Barbary pirates captured American ships and held their crews for ransom. When Thomas Jefferson became our third president, he ceased paying tribute and ordered the new U.S. Navy to put an end to the pirates and rescue the crews. The USS Philadelphia chased a Barbary corsair into Tripoli' s harbor and ran aground. The crew was taken prisoner.
Six months later Jefferson sent a squadron to reclaim or destroy the Philadelphia. The most feared Barbary pirate, the infamous former imam turned pirate, Al-Jama, was in the harbor aboard his large corsair, Saqu. Believing he was following Allah's will, Al-Jama, who today would be considered a terrorist, hated infidels and took no non-Muslim prisoners - it was his duty to Allah to kill them all.
When the USS Siren engaged the Saqu outside the harbor a running battle ensued. As soon as the ships were side by side the Siren's first officer, LT Henry Lafayette jumped onto the Saqu's deck and engaged Al-Jama in close combat. Both men fell overboard, and Lafayette, a Bible believing Christian, saved his wounded enemy who could not swim. The two survived on the desolate Libyan coast and became friends. Under Lafayette's tutelage Al-Jama grew to understand the Bible and realized Islam was wrong to want to kill Christians. Did Al-Jama, as legend suggests, write a religious opinion, a fatwa, stating Christianity and Islam could peacefully coexist? And did Al-Jama possess the legendary "Jewel of Jerusalem?"
Two hundred years later, another Islamic terrorist took Al-Jama's name and began scheming to disrupt a peace conference between Islam and the West to be held in Libya. If the old Al-Jama did write his fabled fatwa, it would pull the rug out from under the new Al-Jama. Horrors, this cannot be allowed to happen.
Into the boiling cauldron of plots within plots sails Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his valiant crew of the Oregon. Fresh from dealing with Somali pirates, they quickly become immersed in foiling Al-Jama's dastardly plot. The remainder of the story is classical Cussler, lots of action, adventures and brave women. Heros and weapons are larger than life, but that's the hallmark of the series. All in all, CORSAIR is an enjoyable read, and I look forward the crews' next adventure.
The authors did a good job of dealing with good and bad Muslims, but stayed away from addressing real issues in the Koran and Hadith that are the basis of the Islamic-Western conflict. For those seeking more realistic stories with real world weapons, I recommend Lee Boyland's Clash-of-Civilizations trilogy. The second and third books, BEHOLD, AN ASHEN HORSE and AMERICA REBORN: Book Three of the Clash-of-Civilizations Trilogy also features Libya and a naval engagement off the North African coast. In this series, the new president, much like Thomas Jefferson, has no fear of offending Islam.
Best of the series October 16, 2009
Bruce Blank (Denver, Colorado)
The Oregon crew once again make miracles happen. The book was very fast paced, well organized, well written, certainly not believable but easy to envision and would love to see it on the big screen. Fun book guys. Thanks!
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