Clive Cussler - Skeleton Coast.nfo
General Information
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Title: Skeleton Coast
Author: Clive Cussler
Read By: Scott Brick
Copyright: 2006
Audiobook Copyright: 2006
Genre: Books & Spoken
Publisher: Books on Tape
Series Name: Oregon Files
Position in Series: 4
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: CD
Number: 13
Condition: Good
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Total Duration: 15:38:38
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Book Description
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The book begins with a brief chapter detailing the traversing of a section
of the Kalahari Desert by a group of four Europeans, led by the experienced
guide H. A. Ryder. The text tells of how they survive the desert thanks
to Ryder's skills, but are being pursued by more than one hundred of
the Herero King's best men, due to the Europeans stealing their hard-won
diamonds. The chapter ends with the Europeans meeting with their escape
ship, the HMS Rove only to find it stranded. Simultaneously, the Herero
attack the ship, killing the Europeans (presumably) while a massive
sandstorm rages around them, reshaping the coastline and burying the
Rove under hundreds of feet of sand, lost for eternity.
The story continues with the Oregon (a high-tech modernised ship carrying
heavy weaponry but usually masquerading as a dilapidated tanker) meeting
with the leader of the Congolese Army of Revolution, Makombo. They 'agree'
to trade 500 AK-47's, 200 RPG's, fifty RPG launchers and 50,000 rounds
of Warsaw Pact 7.62mm ammunition in return for a quarter pound of rough
(blood) diamonds. These weapons are then stolen by the rebels after
double-crossing Cabrillo before the Oregon's crew had the chance to
do the same to them. After narrowly escaping from those individuals,
the Oregon begins to track the location of the weapons in the hope that
they can seize them once again. In addition to this they also hear that
a billionaire with a controversial product has been kidnapped. They
take up the quest to free him. During this operation Juan is nearly
stranded in the desert, but manages to travel by parasurfing his way
back to civilation. After rescuing the billionaire, they find out that
his former partener is planning to dump millions of litres of toxic
crude oil into the ocean in order to enlighten the world about the environmenta-
l effects that our continued ignorance is causing. Luckily, the Oregon
and crew do battle (oddly enough it's the Congo revolutionaries) with
the bad guys and save the planet. Their curtain comes by giving the
rightful owners billions of dollars worth of diamonds that will allow
them to free Zimbabwe form the evil regime that is currently in place.-
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