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Clive Cussler Ghost Soldier

The Oregon Files, Book 18

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Clive Cussler Ghost Soldier

Written by: Mike Maden
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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A deadly war game. An adversary as hard to find as he is to kill. Weapons so sophisticated, none have seen the like before. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon have finally met their match in this pulse-pounding new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

When African jihadis attack a Nigerian regiment using American weapons, Cabrillo and the Oregon crew are on the case, investigating from Afghanistan to Kuala Lumpur to track a mysterious arms dealer—a genius, or perhaps a devil—known only as the Vendor.

Cabrillo goes undercover to find the Vendor’s base, but his adversary isn’t just an arms smuggler. He’s an arms maker, and Cabrillo just walked into a lethal military game alongside the most dangerous mercenaries in the world, designed to test the Vendor’s cutting-edge AI arsenal.

And yet, surviving an arena full of flame-throwing robots isn’t even his biggest problem. The Vendor has an army of high-speed drones headed for a pivotal military site, and if the Oregon crew can’t stop them from releasing a deadly neurotoxin, the entire globe will erupt in conflict.

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“Entertaining…Maden effortlessly weaves subplots about the American POW and the Vendor’s scheme to unleash biotoxins into the main action, which is vivid, bloody, and occasionally jaw-dropping. This fires on all cylinders.” — Publishers Weekly

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Third Time's the Charm

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Scott Brick’s performance is excellent; any audio issues that plagued the last title are gone.

The crew of the Oregon is back, and I think Mike has hit his stride. The crew is as quippy as always, with the banter we know and love in full form.

Notable highlights include:

Every scene with Murph and Eric.

Juan "Juaning" his way out of falling from the sky.


The plot is engaging, the historical connection is well-executed, and the stakes are tense—you really feel the pressure in the situations our characters face. Mike clearly knows the crew's history, with several references to previous books.

However, two issues lead me to give this title 4 out of 5 stars.

Firstly, Juan comes off as a bit too much of a horndog. He’s always recognized a woman’s beauty, but he’s usually been a gentleman about it. In Silent Sea, when Linda asks, “Who do you love more than me?” everyone on the bridge names some hot model, while Juan replies, “The only person I love more than you is my mother.” That feels true to Juan’s character—not him seeing a woman get out of a pool and thinking, “Hubba hubba, lucky towel.”

My second quibble is that I wish there was more focus on the rest of the crew. Previous books often had the crew split up, letting us focus on groups without Juan—who sometimes even saved the day on their own. Here, Juan is everywhere, doing everything. For instance, much of the book centers on the Island Game, which Juan and Link attend. Link goes because he’s a sniper, and Juan goes… why? The ad calls for two non-Americans, so they disguise Juan, who’s CIA and skilled at undercover work. But Eddie, also CIA and good at undercover, wouldn’t need a disguise to pass as a non-American. Eddie and Link are described as best friends, and it would have been great to see the two of them playing off each other. I love Juan, but I love the rest of the crew too!

Finally—though this doesn’t impact my rating, it’s just funny to mention—there’s the “Oregon Time Bubble.” Dark Watch is set in 2005, which would make Max around 50 or 60 at the start. Now he’s 70 or 80, while Eric and Murph, who felt like they were in their 20s back then, would be in their 40s but still act like young, immature university students. It’s just a quirk of the setting, so no points off for it—I just enjoy imagining Max as a decrepit old man.

All in all, I highly recommend this title.

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