It was okay. I'm not as big a fan of the Oregon crew as I am of Dirk Pitt so I knew going into this that I might be wasting my time. I wouldn't say it was a complete waste.....I mean, the ship battles were pretty cool. But overall I was either bored or exasperated the whole time reading. The ultimate baddie plot was a bit....confusing to me. The jokes were forced or fell flat. At one point a character quotes the movie Airplane!...and then mentions that the character was quoting that movie. It was like.....forced. I think the main thing that bugged me ....other than the characters would be what they borrowed from another book. Now, there is no original plot anymore. It's impossible. So I don't have a huge problem with borrowing from other books. What made me laugh audibly for the first time reading this (and with disbelief I might add) was the fact that the authors BORROWED A SPECIFIC SCENE FROM ANOTHER OF CUSSLERS BOOKS. He was borrowing and altering his own goddamn ideas....from an older book which was a hell of alot better written than this one.
I dunno if he's off his game now or if this is the co-authors fault but holy crap.