The Emperor’s Revenge, Clive Cussler

The Emperor’s Revenge opening line: Lieutenant Pierre Delacroix cursed himself for his over-confidence.

My blurb:

With what they think is the best outfitted attack boat, Juan Cabrillo and his crew never expect to be attacked at sea. But chasing their stolen money they come across a yacht with capabilities better than their own. Will they be able to fend off the might of the opposing Captain and recover their stolen wealth?

The Emperor’s Revenge

The Emperor’s Revenge is the new action-packed Oregon Files adventure from bestselling author Clive Cussler. A deadly bank heist, a narrow escape and a secret hidden in history that could cripple life as we know it. Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation’s accounts. To get the money back, Juan joins forces with an old friend from his days in the CIA so they can track down a rogue hacker and a ruthless former Ukrainian naval officer. It is only after the hunt begins that the enormity of the plan comes into focus: the bank theft is just the first step in a plot that will result in the deaths of millions and bring the world’s economies to a standstill. The catalyst for the scheme? A stunning document stolen during Napoleon’s disastrous invasion of Russia. But two hundred years later, it may be the thing that brings Europe to its knees.

My verdict:

I love the historical suppositions in Clive Cussler’s books and here we are faced with the possibility that Napoleon was spirited away from St Helena. Of course, we will never know if that ever happened but it makes for interesting reading. I battled to get into this book at the start with so many things going on at once. But it was well written and made for a good read.

About the authors:

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®. His life nearly paralleled that of his hero Dirk Pitt. Whether searching for lost aircraft or leading expeditions to find famous shipwrecks, he and his NUMA crew of volunteers discovered and surveyed more than seventy-five lost ships of historic significance, including the long-lost Civil War submarine Hunley, which was raised in 2000 with much publicity. Like Pitt, Cussler collected classic automobiles. His collection featured more than one hundred examples of custom coachwork. Cussler passed away in February 2020.

Boyd Morrison is the coauthor with Cussler of the Oregon Files novels Piranha, The Emperor’s Revenge, Typhoon Fury, and Shadow Tyrants, and the author of four other books. He is also an actor and engineer, with a doctorate in engineering from Virginia Tech, who has worked on NASA’s space station project at Johnson Space Center and developed several patents at Thomson/RCA. In 2003, he fulfilled a lifelong dream by becoming a Jeopardy! champion. He lives in Seattle.

Publishing information:

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