I grew up working in the canneries, feed mills and slaughterhouses of California’s San Joaquin Valley. Like millions of others, I first became a Tom Clancy fan after reading The Hunt for Red October, and began my published fiction career in the same techno-thriller genre, starting with DRONE and the sequels, BLUE WARRIOR, DRONE COMMAND and DRONE THREAT. As you would expect, eventually these come together to form a semi coherent plot, but it was well past the half way point of the book where that happened. For fans of previous volumes in this series or action heroes like Jack Reacher and Mitch Rapp, this is a must read. I enjoy the stories where the Oregon people are in control, we get some character development, and the enemies have no idea what they are dealing with (and are doing the best they can) because, well, they have no idea this ship and crew exists.

I think I had looked up a C-130 landing and taking off of an aircraft carrier before, because that was mentioned in this book, too, and I was, "Bunk! Juan Cabrillo and his gang, the Corporation on their super-ship, the Oregon are back at adventures again.

stars for believability of opening sequence and weird over protectiveness of getting crew into the sick bay.

Cabrillo’s crew have met their most fearsome adversaries yet: a force of bio-hacked soldiers endowed with extreme strength and stamina and an unquenchable appetite for violence. The Oregon is not only a vessel but is a main character, an extension of every great character on board. Yes, its all luck and significant amounts of danger but at the end of the day we feel safe in knowing that our favorite crew will triumph again. Hoping to help a fellow former agent find her son at his boss’s request, the plot slowly takes us through a grand conspiracy, hoping to start a war with the US by firing a hypersonic missile at an aircraft carrier in the Gulf.

I am glad I started reading this series as it has been a lot of fun to read and I do feel fairly invested in this series of books (maybe not quite like the Dirk Pitt books, but still invested enough). When Juan Cabrillo, captain of the Oregon, is hired to extract an undercover operative in Kenya, he finds himself on the trail of a deadly international plot. When Cabrillo is hired to extract an undercover operative in Kenya, he finds himself on the trail of a deadly international plot. Mike Maden adroitly takes over the reins in his second Oregon Files written under Clive Cusslers name.

A mad scientist-style villain with genetic engineering is at the center of Fire Strike but there are other parallel subplots. In their quest to stop him, Cabrillo's crew are about to meet their most fearsome adversaries yet: a force of bio-hacked soldiers endowed with extreme strength and stamina and an unquenchable appetite for violence.

I've enjoyed reading the series to this point, but unfortunately, I'll have to discontinue the series is just "high-stakes action" all the time. This story had the added pressure of trying to find a hypersonic missile which was stolen from India. As I said before in my previous book review, a LOVE BOAT is the last thing I want when reading this series. Cabrillo’s crew have met their most fearsome adversaries a force of bio-hacked soldiers endowed with extreme strength and stamina and an unquenchable appetite for violence.