The Jungle (Cussler novel)

The Jungle is the eighth novel of Clive Cussler's Oregon Files series. The hardcover edition was released March 8, 2011. Other editions were released on other dates.

Plot

This book is about a series of exploits by the Corporation, headquartered in The Oregon, a ship that from the outside looks as if it is ready for the scrapyard. In reality this is a ruse, as the ship is as high tech as can be. The Corporation is hired by a very wealthy man to find his adventurer daughter, who appears to have gotten into trouble in the jungles of [Myanmar]. What follows is an adventure that takes the Oregon crew to many locations around the world and at sea. The crew ends up being the only possible group that can prevent a super villain from bringing the [United States] to its knees.

Reviews

The Amazon.com website, as of March 2013, provided 182 customer reviews of this book; the reviewers gave a rating of 4.1 of five stars. It received an average of 4.01 of five stars by 232 reviewers on the Good Reads website. The Barnes & Noble website had 434 reviewers give the book 4.05 of five stars.^[4][5][6]

Several professional reviewers wrote about The Jungle. One liked it and two did not. The review on the Publishers Weekly website said, "The frenetic action moves from Afghanistan to Singapore and to the Burmese jungle with lots of derring-do at sea before climaxing in a surprising locale in a fashion sure to delight series fans." David Connett, writing for The Express newspaper group, wrote, "Compared to genuinely innovative and exciting thrillers . . ., The Jungle looks like chaff." Jeff Ayers, writing with the Associated Press, wrote, "Instead of a complete novel, this feels like a rough draft rushed to meet a deadline."^[7][8][9]

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