Corsair

Oregon Files #6

by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul

For five novels, Clive Cussler has brought readers into the world of the "Oregon," a seemingly dilapidated ship packed with sophisticated equipment, and captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo. And now the "Oregon" and its crew face their biggest challenge yet.
Corsairs are pirates, and pirates come in many different varieties. There are the pirates who fought off the Barbary Coast in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the contemporary pirates who infest the waters of Africa and Asia, and the pirates . . . who look like something else.
When the U.S. secretary of state's plane crashes while bringing her to a summit meeting in Libya, the CIA, distrusting the Libyans, hire Juan Cabrillo to search for her, and their misgivings are well founded. The crew locates the plane, but the secretary of state has vanished. It turns out Libya's new foreign minister has other plans for the conference, plans that Cabrillo cannot let happen. But what does it all have to do with a two- hundred- year-old naval battle and the centuries-old Islamic scrolls that the Libyans seem so determined to find? The answers will lead him full circle into history, and into another pitched battle on the sea, this time against Islamic terrorists, and with the fate of nations resting on its outcome.
?Readers will burn up the pages following the blazing action and daring exploits of these men and women and their amazing machines, ? writes "Publishers Weekly" of the "Oregon" Files series. And they?ll do it once again, with "Corsair."

Genres: Fiction, Adventure, Thriller, Action, Mystery, Audiobook, Historical Fiction

437 pages, Hardcover

First published March 10, 2009

About the author

Cussler began writing novels in 1965 and published his first work featuring his continuous series hero, Dirk Pitt, in 1973. His first non-fiction, The Sea Hunters, was released in 1996. The Board of Governors of the Maritime College, State University of New York, considered The Sea Hunters in lieu of a Ph.D. thesis and awarded Cussler a Doctor of Letters degree in May, 1997. It was the first time since the College was founded in 1874 that such a degree was bestowed.

Cussler was an internationally recognized authority on shipwrecks and the founder of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, (NUMA) a 501C3 non-profit organization (named after the fictional Federal agency in his novels) that dedicates itself to preserving American maritime and naval history. He and his crew of marine experts and NUMA volunteers discovered more than 60 historically significant underwater wreck sites including the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, the Confederacy's Hunley, and its victim, the Union's Housatonic; the U-20, the U-boat that sank the Lusitania; the Cumberland, which was sunk by the famous ironclad, Merrimack; the renowned Confederate raider Florida; the Navy airship, Akron, the Republic of Texas Navy warship, Zavala, found under a parking lot in Galveston, and the Carpathia, which sank almost six years to-the-day after plucking Titanic's survivors from the sea.

In addition to being the Chairman of NUMA, Cussler was also a fellow in both the Explorers Club of New York and the Royal Geographic Society in London. He was honored with the Lowell Thomas Award for outstanding underwater exploration.

Cussler's books have been published in more than 40 languages in more than 100 countries. His past international bestsellers include Pacific Vortex, Mediterranean Caper, Iceberg, Raise the Titanic, Vixen 03, Night Probe, Deep Six, Cyclops, Treasure, Dragon, Sahara, Inca Gold, Shock Wave, Flood Tide, Atlantis Found, Valhalla Rising, Trojan Odyssey and Black Wind (this last with his son, Dirk Cussler); the nonfiction books The Sea Hunters, The Sea Hunters II and Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed; the NUMA® Files novels Serpent, Blue Gold, Fire Ice, White Death and Lost City (written with Paul Kemprecos); and the Oregon Files novels Sacred Stone and Golden Buddha (written with Craig Dirgo) and Dark Watch (written with Jack Du Brul).

Clive Cussler died at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona on February 24, 2020.

Reviews

[Tim · Rating 1 out of 5]

Clinkerville. I'm burned out.

[Adrienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely excellent: great adventure, plausible, wonderful characters, bit of history thrown in and unputdownable. Another great read in the Cabrillo series.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another action packed adventure read. This one really utilizes all the characters. Great ending!

[Miloš · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.
Pomalo naivno, na trenutke skoro neverovatno, ali sve u svemu zanimljivo. 😀

[Aldo Ferrante · Rating 3 out of 5]

This novel was a disappointment. I had been impressed with "Skeleton Coast" (a previous one that Cussler also wrote with his friend Du Brul), and this new iteration looked promising enough. But the dialogue in Corsair is very poor and the action scenes - Cussler's trademark - are too far and few between. Whereas "Skeleton Coast" held the promise of some kind of hookup between Cabrillo, the hero, and Sloane Macintyre - a heroin in her own right - Corsair feels a bit empty. If you're looking for a good action/suspense novel, don't bother with this one... Read "Skeleton Coast" instead.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is 6th book in the Oregon Files by Clive Cussler. Even though this is the 6th book it is my first foray into this series, but I have read other works by the author.

Corsair is an action packed adventure. Set in a recent/modern day setting. There is a mixture of different elements and threats present: from Somalian pirates to terrorists. But how does this link with pirates of old and a political plot?

Our time is divided between 3 different groups of characters. There is Juan Cabrillo and his crew of the Oregon - a state of the art ship full of gadgets and weapons. Juan is the character that gets the most page time, and I would consider the main character. We get snippets of backstory and development of his character. Considering I’m diving in at book 6 I’m sure plenty has already been covered in prior volumes.

We also have Alana an archaeologist on the hunt for mysteries revolving around the pirates of old. Finally we have Fiona, the US Secretary of State on a peacekeeping mission to Libya.

It is really interesting how these different plots link with each other as the story progresses. There are plenty of action packed moments throughout the book that lead up to an incredible action film worthy climax.

What I’ve enjoyed so far with the Cussler books I have read is the fact they can seemingly be read in any order. I’m sure I’m missing out on minor plot points here and there and minor references to previous events. But there is nothing stopping you from jumping in and reading this.

If you enjoy action packed adventures on your books or other media I would highly recommend picking up a Cussler.

[Brenda H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Corsair is the sixth book in the Oregon Files series by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul. The Oregon Files follows the adventures of the Oregon, a seemingly dilapidated ship packed with sophisticated equipment and a wide array of weaponry, which is crewed by the best and brightest – all overseen by Juan Cabrillo, an ex-CIA officer with a flair for the dramatic.

The US Secretary of State’s plane has crashed on the way to a peace summit in Libya. It is initially assumed that she has died in the crash but there are indications that she may still be alive. The CIA hires Juan Cabrillo and his crew for an “off book” mission to locate and retrieve the Secretary.

This was not the strongest book in the series but it was an enjoyable read and delivered the usual mix of adventure, scheming and derring-do. I will definitely be continuing with the series, following the Oregon on its many adventures.

3.75 Stars

[Jeane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Books which Clive Cussler write are for me those comfort books. I know everything will end well and I know that I will enjoy them.
A extra in his books which I always enjoy is the different periods in the story.
Pirates, the 'American' Lafayette...they're all part of the past and make up our history. But in our present time pirates continue to capture ships, freighters... just as in Somalia.
What they hadn't expected of a battered looking freighter is to meet a crew belonging to a state-of- the-art fighting ship.
At the same time an extremely important piece meeting is scheduled in Lybia. The person that will have the most change to make a chane during that meeting is the US secrety of State .... who was in the crashed plane on her way to te summit.
Ancient jewels, terrorists, murder, torute, training camps and fighting make another great Cussler story complete.

[Eli - Bookworm & Vine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know these books are Man Fluff but I do love them. Fast paced and suspenseful.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book. If you've never read a Jack DeBrul/Clive Cussler collaboration before it's very similar to a Dirk Pitt/James Bond/Indiana Jones type of plot line - archeological mystery, world or regional crisis, figuring it out, someone saves the day, etc.

Except in these "Oregon Files" novels instead of just one guy figuring things out and saving the day it is a group of mercenaries who have formed a for-profit corporation and take on jobs that governments can't openly do. They do it for profit (they all have multi-million dollar pensions from their work so far), but they only take on worthy and upstanding causes. They go around the world in this major-high-tech ship that's disguised as a run-down cargo ship flying the Iranian flag and have all sorts of high-tech toys/weapons/equipment.

The crew/corporation is composed of all types of characters including the studly-tough types, nerdy info geeks, and tough women. The variety of characters makes for a more interesting read than just one tough,cool guy. It also allows for the authors to split up the characters to different places and the action/story line is spread out (one of those types of books where you are really getting into one minor plot line then the next chapter switches to another group and you give an internal scream, read on and stay up too late).

I've read all four of the "Oregon Files" novels and this one is definitely one of the better ones (they don't have to be read in sequence - they stand on their own). It keeps the action going from start to finish. There are a few fight/battle scenes that are too drawn out and one or two over-the-top/unrealistic fight survivals by the captain of the Oregon. But that kind of goes with the territory/genre. Overall this was a fun read. I enjoyed it and looked forward to picking it up at the end of the day to see what would happen next. I would recommend it if you want a fun action book.

[Olivermagnus · Rating 4 out of 5]

The sixth book of the Oregon Files opens with a prologue that involves the Barbary pirates versus the American destroyer, Philadelphia, off the coast of Tunisia in 1803. Fans of the series will realize that something in the prologue will fuel the adventures of the modern day, high tech, Oregon team. A recently discovered letter points to a link between the Barbary pirate Suleiman Al-Jama and Henry Lafayette, a seaman captured from the Philadelphia battle. While trapped together, they may have learned tolerance toward each other's religion.

Fast forwarding to modern times, Secretary of State Fiona Katamura is on her way to meet with the Libyan delegation, where the world is hoping for a Middle East peace settlement. Her plane is suddenly hit by something, crashes, and all on board are presumed dead. The Oregon team is hired to try to find out what happened and if she's still alive. In a parallel story-line, the team is trying to find terrorist, Al-Jama, who has taken his name from from the Islamic pirate in the prologue.

The Oregon Files always gives the reader a combination of history and fast paced action/adventure. Clive Cussler and Jack du Brul write nonstop action novels that would make great movies. The Oregon team can do it all. They can fire rockets, dodge bullets, and still solve a long lost secret. Readers who want real-life situations in their entertainment should avoid this series. I just love the over-the-top characters, escapes, shoot-outs, last-minute-saves, and a train chase that will blow you away. If you like action adventure novels you have to read Corsair. While this is the sixth book in a series, it can most definitely be read as a standalone novel.

[Eadie Burke · Rating 4 out of 5]

Corsairs are pirates, and pirates come in many different varieties. There are the pirates who fought off the Barbary Coast in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the contemporary pirates who infest the waters of Africa and Asia, and the pirates...who look like something else.

I liked learning about the history of the pirates in the 18th and 19th century and about Lafayette and the early explorers, Captain William Baimbrige, Captain Stephen Decatur and Admiral Charles Stewart. I thought all the characters were pretty interesting and I liked the role Linda Ross had in fighting Assad's men. The action and adventure scenes were very entertaining but the technical information was a bit much for me. I wish there were more dialogue between the characters during the adventure scenes as I believe that would make it much more enjoyable. I found the plot a little weaker from the past books but I still found the book a fascinating read. I would highly recommend Clive Cussler's book to those who like adventure reads.

[Chris Haak · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually one of the better Cussler books. Less misogyny and more plausible storyline. The man writes exciting books.

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

audiobook Very enjoyable as if I am watching an over-the-top TV series. A lot of "cliff-hanger" moments.

[Wendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought I have read all the Clive Cussler books published, but I was surprised to find this one on my library site that I have missed. This is an Oregon Files book with Juan Cabrillo and his team. They are a mercenary team usually employed by the CIA to perform tasks that regular government operatives cannot. This book started out with them trying to catch a Somali warlord and then being tasked with finding out what happened to the Secretary of State's plane when it disappeared on its way to a peace conference in Libya. Add to that an archeological team trying to find the remains of an infamous Corsair pirate's remains. If one is a regular reader of Cussler books, then this follows the same formula. I still like the action and adventure. I've said this before, these books are quite enjoyable in a Hollywood action movie way.

[Paul Pessolano · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Pirate Book! “Corsair” starts on the Barbary Coast in the nineteenth century,when the United States quit paying tribute to the Pirates which led to a Naval Battle.

It seems that a Muslim terrorist and his crew escaped the battle and moved his ship into the desert. This had several repercussions, there was an enormous amount of booty aboard, there was also the “Jewel of Jerusalem”, and a written letter from the terrorist that might sole or lessen the hatred between the Muslim and Christian world.

The novel is full of action and excitement with a neat twist at the end regarding the “Jewel of Jerusalem”, a theory that has been put forth regarding the birth of Jesus.

[Barb · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Oregon is always action packed and full of unique plots!! The first one had the Dalai Lama, this one had the jewel with the blood of Christ!!

[Lorraine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Corsair is a fantastic adventure story from the first page until the last. It contains, Barbary pirates, ships with fantastic capabilities, American Veterans, brilliant computer hackers, Middle Eastern terrorists, an archaeological dig, violence, suspense, good guys vs. bad guys and so much more. One asks oneself what else would you want in a great story? Because the story and many characters with near superhuman capabilities are so compelling, the book gets five stars. This book is highly recommended.

[Neil · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's funny; I liked this book but felt like it took longer to read than it did. It started out kind-of slow for me, but then the pace did pick up towards the end. I would say it has three stories going on in parallel, if you will, but it all comes together at the end (it felt like three stories; maybe it was two that split into three before coming together . . . ). The character development is decent; the action gets pretty crazy(-good) in parts throughout the book; most importantly, it held my interest enough for me to finish the book. Actually, the best part was the ending (and not because the book was "finally over!" but because of how it ended - I expected it to go in one direction and it went in a different direction, but it was still a cool ending).

The "action" parts that I liked were reminiscent of some crazy moments in the earlier Dirk Pitt books. It's been long enough since I read the book (and I foolishly read a second book and started a third before working on this review), so we'll see if I can keep it straight in my head. Actually, the "beginning" of the book was pretty nuts. The Oregon and crew are posing as down-on-their-luck sailors in order to catch a wanted terrorist. They allow the ship to be captured and piloted through a swamp to the leader's camp. After the leader boards the ship, all purgatory breaks loose as most of the terrorists and all of the villagers onboard are driven off the ship. The leader is trapped inside the Oregon as the ship backs its way out of the swamp to escape. I truly expected that moment in the book to be "over with" and did not expect the terrorists to attack the larger cargo vessel with smaller vessels and then from the shore with armed vehicles. It was a good moment.

Juan Cabrillo and crew are sent to Libya to search for a downed U.S. government aircraft; he and three others enter the country under assumed identities. Once they discover the crash site, they realize that the site has been tampered with and a group has made the crash look worse than it was when it happened. A group of soldiers lands and Cabrillo knocks one out and takes his place on the chopper after the soldiers further desecrate the site. The other three team members are given a new mission and continue their search for some other missing Americans. While being transported to a secret terrorist training camp, Cabrillo sees another camp for prisoners, escapes from the training camp, and makes his way to this prison camp. He rescues an American woman who had been captured and escapes with her; they encounter an escaped Libyan prisoner who aids them. The other three members of Cabrillo's team meets up with them and they go to rescue the prisoners from the camp. For some reason, what comes next really reminded me of a cross between the escape down the Colorado ski slope in Treasure and the train scene in Sahara. The camp is attacked and all of the surviving prisoners loaded into cargo carrier cars. They go through all sorts of crazy, short battles as they flee for the coast and are saved by the Oregon at the end of the line. I am not doing the moment justice, but it was crazy cool in the book.

The "third" crazy moment for me was when the Oregon attacked a Libyan Navy frigate in an attempt to board the vessel and free the beautiful American Secretary of State. Cabrillo is the only one who makes the jump to the Libyan ship and he manages to rescue the American official all by his lonesome. The whole naval battle was nuts and cool at the same time.

Actually, there was a fourth moment I can't believe I forgot about. Two of the Oregon crew are sent into a port city to keep an eye on this "informant." When they are told to rescue this guy, the crewmembers are separated. As it turns out, the man they "rescue" is actually the leader of the terrorist group that captured the American Secretary-of-State and the other crewman driving the getaway car is shot sideways through the chest and nearly dies for his troubles! I did not see that one coming! It was an epic moment and caught me completely by surprise; definitely one of the better moments in the book.

There are two "goals" that must be accomplished by the end of the book. There is a big gunfight, too, before the second "main goal" is accomplished. There are two goals: (1) find Secretary of State Fiona Katamora and rescue her in time to get her to a peace conference being held in Tripoli because it is believed she is the only one who can bring peace to the Middle East, and (2) find some ancient manuscripts written by a revered Muslim religious leader-turned-pirate because it is believed he turned from his violent methods and embraced peace, discovering how Christianity, Islam, and possibly Judaism can co-exist in peace and harmony. The first goal is accomplished when Cabrillo boards the Libyan vessel and rescues Katamora. The second goal involves finding the burial site/resting place of the former pirate and his vessel, the Sidra. The location is found by a search team from the Oregon, but the team ends up being split in two (a team of four and a team of one). The four find the burial site buried in a cavern under the desert, but the Libyan terrorists also searching for the site are hard on their heels. A gunfight ensues inside the cavern and the members of the Oregon crew nearly die. They are instead rescued by their "missing" teammember who joined the party late but wiped out the remaining terrorists in the cave. The lost manuscripts have been found, and this could be a turning point in relations between the three Western religions. I am not sure why, but this "giant gunfight" was kind-of disappointing to me; I am not sure why. Perhaps because I felt like there should have been two more "gun dogs" with this party, at the very least, but it still worked out in the end.

Why did I like the ending so much? It involves a "myth" (for lack of a better word) that when Thomas removed his hands from Jesus' open wounds when Jesus appeared before the disciples after His resurrection, his hands were covered in blood. He carefully removed the blood and kept it in a vial or some kind of container. It was eventually stored in some kind of crystal (a heart-shaped crystal, I think), and this crystal container was eventually captured as booty by this Muslim pirate-king. The crystal is found but damaged from the gunfight. The remaining blood spills onto the wounds of one of the "gun dogs" as well as into the sand, and the wounded gun dog immediately scoops up the bloody sand as best as he can and puts it into a container to try and preserve it. Now, I fully expected the blood that intermingled with his to heal his wounds immediately (he does seem to heal faster than normal). However, the direction the author(s) went was to say that there was enough surviving blood to run a test. Nothing that could be conclusively proved (and, of course, there is no more blood to test or study), but there was enough blood to indicate that this was probably male blood but that all of the blood "DNA" contained female mitochondrial DNA. The chromosomes proved it was male blood, but the male blood had one hundred percent mitochondrial DNA; there was no DNA from the father as it was all from His mother. so that was pretty cool and not the way I expected the authors to go.

I liked it more than 2 stars; I'd probably rate it 2.5-2.8 stars (as it did seem to drag a little bit in places, and I felt like it could have been a little shorter) rounded up to 3 stars. I am glad I took a chance on reading it.

[Jean · Rating 3 out of 5]

What I like about Clive Cussler’s books is they always opening with something of the past that relates to what’s going on in the present. I have not check the facts in every book of Cussler’s I have read but the ones I have the facts in the past are correct it is what he does with them in the future that the fun begins. Corsair is the 6th novel in the Oregon series and it’s about a battle with the Barbary Pirates. As a fan of Navel History I am aware of the role the United States Navy and Marines played in President Jefferson’s first war. The war with Tripoli was short but showed the world the United States maybe a young country but it would not be pushed around by pirates. This war made it into the Marine Corp’s anthem “to the shores of Tripoli.” I wished I had read the Oregon series in order, this book provided a great deal more information about the Oregon ship than the newer books in the series. Juan Cabrillo and the men and women of the Oregon were fighting Pirates off Somali when ordered to go to Libya to rescue the Secretary of State Fiona Katamiora who was captured by terrorists. Cussler is famous for his fast past action, his protagonists get out of one problem and plunge immediately into another, the last minute saves makes it difficult to put the book down. The story is good entertainment and well written. Scott brick performs his usual great narration.

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

LP 667 pages
Another action adventure by Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon as they are contracted to locate the US Secretary of State whose plane has gone missing over Libya on the way to an international peace conference. If you haven’t met the Oregon and her crew before, the Oregon is and old rusted, dirty, dilapidated freighter that plies the oceans of the world. But that is just the public view, it is actually a totally modern ship filled with sophisticated technical equipment and arms and manned by a crew of ex military, technicians, business people and support staff. Its run as a private company the hires out to individuals and governments ( often the US government) to perform tasks that need to be done “off the books” as it were. What they don’t do is work for the “bad guys” but they get into just about anything else. Different cast and operational area, but typical of a Cussler book, fast read, lots of action, good escape reading.
ISBN - 978-1-59722-902-9, Suspense, Pages - 448, Print Size - L, Rating - 4.5

[Ivan Zullo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Corsair is the 6th novel of The Oregon Files. If possible, this is the most adrenaline-filled saga written by Clive Cussler (here he cowrites with Jack Du Brul).
The main ingredients are a terroristic threat and a never-give-up attitude for Cabrillo and his crew aboard the Oregon, a ship where anything is what it seems.
Clive Clussler succeed in writing a fast-paced story that force you to read it and be surprised with the countless twists in the tale.
Corsair is a 2009 novel, so I admire the courage to write about such a sensitive topic. Basically it is good versus evil, but Cussler doesn't give up on try to let rationality prevail.
Moreover, as in former Oregon Files, even if the Chairman Cabrillo is the frontman, a lot of crew members have their 15 minutes of celebrity. Each and every one of them is preciuos and crucial to reach the final goal, by saving the civilized world.
And last but not least, the end is a real gem. Breathtaking.

[Edwin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Heb dit boek als gesproken boek 'gelezen', en misschien dat daardoor wat van de spanning verdween, maar dit boek is voor mij een van de mindere uit de Dossier Oregon series.

Het boek begint veelbelovend, met een zeeslag tussen Barbarijse zeerovers en twee Amerikaanse oorlogsschepen op jacht om de zeeën van dit ongedierte te ontdoen. Het is de achtergrond van een mysterie dat zijn weerslag heeft op de huidige strijd tegen de terroristen. De Oregon doet zich voor als een prijs voor de hedendaagse piraten, terroristen die gebruik maken van de opbrengst van deze schepen om hun activiteiten te financieren. Er gaat veel verkeerd en eindigt met een zeeslag tussen de Oregon en een marineschip.

Helaas zakt hierna het verhaal drastisch in, en lijkt het meer op een krachtmeting tussen de Amerikaanse goede en de overige (slechte) mensen.

[Huw Evans · Rating 2 out of 5]

Back to the one legged superhero with the toys for boys. The secretary of state has been kidnapped on her way to a peace conference arranged by a Libyan,no less. What? The outcome becomes obvious and inevitable from the middle of the book and the only question that is unanswered at this point is the relevance of the punitive misssion in Tripoli by the American Marines in the late nineteenth century. I did not wait to find out.

[Glen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another entry in the Oregon Files series.

The US Secretary of State is in a plane crash and disappears in the Libyan desert. Meanwhile, members of an archaeological dig are kidnapped.

Juan Cabrillo and crew go to set things right. This books features their All terrain vehicle, The PIG quite a bit, which makes it different than the other books in the series. Pretty awesome railroad chase scene.

[Christopher Dodds · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always I've enjoyed reading the Oregon Files series, and this book did not disappoint. Full of great story lines consisting of plenty of character development, tense moments some humour and loads of action with some history mixed in to help the story along which also provided a breather in between the action.

[Kirsten · Rating 3 out of 5]

I always look forward to a new Clive Cussler. But, for some reason, this one seemed a little flat to me. I still enjoy the main character of Juan Cabrillo - but the adventures and suspense in this one weren't as intense as usual.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This might be my favorite Oregon series adventure so far! A lot of the technical stuff is wasted on me but this was quite the page turner where there were times I didn't want to put the book down because I was wrapped up in the story.

[Bernd Velling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well I have to say towards the second third of the book I was at a four star rating but wow what a finale !!
Down to the last line of the book which closes with a thoughtful note but find out for yourself 😉.
All in all Oregon-Style all the way !

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent as always!