Books : A Deadly Silver Sea (Zack Chasteen Series)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780312377250
ISBN: 0312377258
Label: St. Martin's Minotaur
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: November 25, 2008
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Release Date: November 25, 2008
Sales Rank: 44069
Studio: St. Martin's Minotaur
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The Royal Star, the most exclusive cruise ship in the world, has just set sail from Miami on its inaugural voyage. For the hundred or so notable and well-heeled passengers, including Zack Chasteen, and his wife, Barbara, the itinerary is a secret and the week ahead promises to be an ultra-indulgent tropical sojourn.
But just an hour out of port, gunmen take over the Royal Star, killing most of the officers and sequestering passengers throughout the ship. Not only is Zack separated from Barbara, he has another worry —Barbara is eight months pregnant with their first child and could go into labor at any moment. As Zack and his fellow captives struggle to get an upper hand, the ship’s hijackers offer few clues to their motives. Maybe it’s a simple kidnap/extortion plot. Or maybe the hijackers are bent on more devious ends – using the Royal Star as a giant torpedo to blow up another cruise ship. Either way, Zack must figure out a way to stop them--while keeping himself and his wife alive.
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Bob Morris' latest gem, A Deadly Silver Sea, requires the reader to bring some elements to the adventure:
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Willing suspension of disbelief as is required of all decent pieces of literature. Everything that happens to Zack Chasteen is possible. The likelihood that it could happen as it unfolds in Silver Sea is virtually zero. However, the narrative grabs the reader and will not let go. I read the book in one sitting this afternoon. It helped to know that Bob has already begun work on the fifth in this series. After all, Zack has to survive Silver Sea if there is to be a fifth adventure.
A profound and disturbing acceptance of the reality that there are countless other psychopaths such as those who engineered the World Trade Center Bombing, the USS Cole explosion and the horror of 9/11. Accepting this reality means that we must support all efforts of vigilance against these terrorists.
A celebration of the glory of the genuine love and commitment of Zack and Barbara, and the wonder of their nearly born child.
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Tongue planted firmly in cheek at the ridiculous occurences caused by the greed, arrogance and stupidity of the human animal.
A modicum of literacy to appreciate how Morris establishes the delicate psychological balance of the relationship between a gang of terrorists, including the chronicle of the disintegration of the alliance.
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Wisecracking Zack Chasteen and his new wife travel editor Barbara Pickering decide to take a cruise on the Royal Star before their baby's born. The Royal Star is supposedly the greenest ship ever built, even having its own water treatment plant on board. But the boat is greener than Zack or any of the other passengers could have imagined, however it's a green of a different kind, the green of laundered money, beaucoup de bucks, stashed below.
But it seems somebody knows about all that loot, because some of the crew take over the ship, separating the men from the women. Separated from Zack, Barbara is about to go into labor, meanwhile Zack organizes some of the passenger to fight back and winds up going overboard, fortunately he sees a boat off in the distance. Can he swim to it? Will they help? Can he save his wife? An awful lot of "Can hes" and there's more in this Swashbuckling thriller that may be a little over the top, but it's a awful lot of fun.
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In Florida, former NFL player and ex con Zack Chasteen is contented to run a palm tree nursery, as long as his beloved travel magazine owner Barbara Pickering is with him. He especially looks forward to the birth of their first child in about a month.
Zack, Barbara and many affluent people are sailing on the luxurious cruise ship Royal Star on its maiden voyage; his invitation comes from being classy Barbara's escort, which serves a reminder of how far he has come. Soon after the Royal Star embarks from Miami, gunmen kill most of the crew and take control of the vessel. After the passengers are separated by gender, Zack tries to get the men to join him on a blitzkrieg, but he end up in the drink while Barbara goes into premature labor.
The latest Zack Casteen thriller (see BERMUDA SCHWARTZ, BAHAMARAMA and JAMAICA ME DEAD) is as fast-paced as its predecessors, but lacks the originality of the previous tales with Cussler's Pitt novels and movies like Under Siege. Zack's usual amusing cynical asides also seem out of place in a scenario in which his about to give birth beloved is in deep peril. Still he is an interesting mix as a sarcastic moralistic antihero struggling to rally the civilians at sea against deadly pirates making his current under siege escapade fun for his fans.
Harriet Klausner
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