Despite its shabby looks, many people would give up a limb for a ride aboard the Oregon. In fact, its captain, Juan Cabrillo, lost a leg in his introductory story, the Dirk Pitt adventure Flood Tide. Since then, there have been 14 new adventures in Clive Cussler’s Oregon Files series.

The Oregon Files is unique among Cussler’s series because it has a fairly large cast of recurring characters. Several of them have died as the series has progressed, which keeps it fresh by allowing the introduction of new characters to take their places. This fear of the unknown increases the suspense and raises the stakes because, as opposed to other series, the reader can never be certain the character’s going to survive.

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