Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul: Plague Ship (2009)

From the Publisher:
Clive Cussler returns with a new novel in his New York Times bestselling Oregon Files, as Captain Juan Cabrillo and the motley crew of his high-tech spy ship take on their most extraordinary -- and lethal -- mission yet...

The Oregon is churning sea in the Persian Gulf, returning from a secret mission against Iran, when it comes across a eruise ship adrift at sea -- with no signs of life. Cabrillo and his crew are shocked to find hundreds of bodies littering the deck, killed by an unknown virus. One lone survivor is re covered before explosions rip through the length of the ship, destroying any clues.

The answer lies within a mysterious cabal known as the Responsivists -- a demented cult devoted to controlling the earth's population by any means necessary. They have found the means to their madness hidden in an ancient ship. And they are about to unleash their wrath on the human race.

And Cabrillo may already be too late to stop them...

Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul: Plague Ship. A Novel of the Oregon Files. Berkley Books, ISBN: 9780425226698 (February, 2009), 581 p., $9.99.

Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul: Plague Ship (2008)

From the Publisher:
For four novels, Clive Cussler has charted the exploits of the Oregon, a covert ship completely dilapidated on the outside but, on the inside, packed with sophisticated weaponry and intelligence-gathering equipment. Captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo and manned by a crew of former military and spy personnel, it is a private enterprise, available for any government agency that can afford it -- and now Cussler sends the Oregon on its most extraordinary mission yet.

The crew has just completed a top secret mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf, when they come across a cruise ship adrift in the sea. Hundreds of bodies litter its deck, and as Cabrillo tries to determine what happened, explosions rack the length of the ship. Barely able to escape with his own life and that of the liner's sole survivor, Cabrillo finds himself plunged into a mystery as intricate -- and as perilous -- as any he has ever known, and pitted against a cult with monstrously lethal plans for the human race... plans he may already be too late to stop.

Plague Ship is a high-stakes, high-seas journey that proves once again that Cussler is "just about the best storyteller in the business" (New York Post).

Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul: Plague Ship. A Novel of the Oregon Files. Putnam's, ISBN: 9780399154973 (June, 2008), 515 p., $26.95.