Clive Cussler and Jack DuBrul have produced another riveting adventure in the Oregon series. For those who are new to this series, the Oregon appears to be a dilapidated freighter manned by a ragged looking crew when in reality it is a high tech and highly armed ship whose crew is known as the Corporation, and is led by Captain Juan Cabrillo, a former CIA field agent. He and the crew perform black ops for the CIA and also private security for different world leaders at handsome prices.

In this novel the CIA recruits Cabrillo and his teamates to recover something in the jungles of Argentina, which ultimately leads the Oregon to Antarctica and the discovery of some remarkable things that have serious political implications.

The action is nonstop, the plot is well crafted and interesting, and there are several surprises. Everything ties neatly together with a literally explosive ending.

While this novel is much different from Cussler’s The Wrecker, which has an entirely different cast of characters, it is just as entertaining and well written.