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| Sacred Stone (The Oregon Files) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 38449
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Pages: 512
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Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0425201023
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780425201022
ASIN: 0425201023
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
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Product Description
A power that could destroy the world
A prize that men will kill to possess
Juan Cabrillo must find it first...
Two opposing groups seek a 50,000-year-old radioactive meteorite known as the Sacred Stone. Muslim extremists have stolen a nuclear device and need the stone to give them the power to vaporize any city in the west. A megalomaniacal industrialist leads a group seeking to carry out the utter annihilation of Islam itself. And caught between the two militant factions is Juan Cabrillo and his crew, who must do whatever they can to stop the impending doom...
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 Fair, very fair September 16, 2008
This is only my second book from Cussler - the first one I enjoyed "Golden Buddha" but this novel was tough to get through. Spoilers: Everything goes right. Is there ever a single scene where the Corporation has a problem/issue/event that fails. Not in this book!
I will definitely read the next one in the series "Dark Watch" and hope for the best.
 BAD, BAD, & WORSE August 15, 2008
Dull and boring. Could not identify with or care about any of the characters.
 Plenty of food onboard. July 2, 2008
I am reading the Oregon files out of order, making it all the more fun for me. Here are some quick observations: The best of the bunch, hands down, is "Plague Ship"; in that novel, Juan Cabrillo's prosthetic limb is mentioned more than once, and yet there's no mention of it in "Sacred Stone"; there are way too many characters in these books to effectively keep track of even with the lists at the beginning; and finally, the crew of the Oregon never stops eating. I think there's at least one reference to food on every page.
"Sacred Stone" is a terrific summer read. It's not literature or even what I would call hard fiction. It's like a movie-matinee experience.
Disappointing! June 18, 2008
I have read most of Clive Cussler's novels, but I did not think this was one of his better ones. It is different from his other novels, as it is not a one man show like Dirk Pitt or Kurt Austin, but a group known as the 'Corporation', who have to save the world from the bad guys. I guess this makes the story a bit more believable.
In this case there are two sets of bad guys. Islamic fundamentalists, who wish to blow up London, and a businessman, who wants to destroy Mecca. Both are trying to get their hands on an ancient piece of Meteorite, that will help with their plans.
I found the book a bit monotonous in places, something that rarely happens in this author's other books, and a bit of a struggle at times. I felt there was way too many characters involved. I would not say the book was awful, but it is definitely not as good as the author's earlier works.
If you are new to Clive Cussler, I would recommend, Sahara, Treasure or Dragon as good reads.
Not up to par April 28, 2008
I hated this book. I forced my way through it and want my time back. The book was boring, hard to follow, and over complicated. There were far too many characters and I had a hard time following the plot and remembering who was doing what. The cast of characters in the beginning (6 pages worth) actually revealed the plot of the book. Do Not Recommend. This trend of ghost writing using other authors is not good.
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