Thriller

The last Oregon Files book [b:Golden Buddha|41703|Golden Buddha (Oregon Files, #1)|Clive Cussler|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169751327s/41703.jpg|1666204] I read was bad enough I swore off buying any more, then somebody hands me this one as a present... so I gave it a shot.

To summarize, it's not as bad as that one, but it still ain't no heck. The plot holes this time are usually paper mached over rather than left gaping open, but there's still a few places the authour shoots himself in the foot (bad pun intended, if you ever actually read the book) You wonder if the editors actually read these things or just spell check them.

It isn't vintage Clive Cussler, just run of the mill action story, and not a particularly good example. ( )

The one about a Chinese treasure ship found through clues on both American continents ( )

Una nueva aventura de Juan Cabrillo y la tripulación del Oregon, quienes deberán desentrañar el misterio que rodea a un tesoro que ha permanecido oculto durante cinco siglos y que, además de riqueza, encierra una mortífera maldición.
Diciembre de 1941. Cinco hermanos descubren algo prodigioso en una pequeña cueva de una isla situada cerca de la costa del estado de Washington. Sin embargo, la noticia del ataque a Pearl Harbour impide que la exploren y todo queda olvidado.
En la actualidad. Juan Cabrillo y su equipo siguen el rastro de un satélite que se ha estrellado. Sus pasos los llevan hasta aquella isla y al secreto que los cinco hermanos descubrieron. Una vez allí, deberán desentrañar un misterio que ha permanecido silenciado desde tiempos ancestrales. Todo apunta a una antigua expedición china y una maldición que ha sobrevivido durante cinco siglos.

Clive Cussler books, to me, are "fun reads." They rarely require thought and they exist in my little world to balance out the other stuff in my library. They are also, quite often, light on character development.

THE SILENT SEA, however, was the first of the many Cussler books I have read that included deeper characters and deeper drama. The ending of the book could have been much better, though, and those deeper moments could have been fleshed out much more than they were. ( )