Golden Buddha

Anni fa un editore ha chiesto a Clive di iniziare una nuova serie di libri che coinvolgesse una squadra di mercenari che girassero per i Sette Mari disponibili per ogni governo che potesse permetterseli.

Clive ha utilizzato quel suggerimento ed ha scritto le "Oregon Chronicles" creando il personaggio di Juan Cabrillo come il capitano della nave Oregon.

Erano già stati introdotti in “Alta Marea” quando Dirk Pitt fu aiutato dai mercenari dell’Oregon.

Dall’incipit di Golden Buddha:

"Dear Readers,

A few years ago, while I was writing Flood Tide, I realized that Dirk Pitt needed some help on a particlular assignment, and so I dreamed up Juan Cabrillo.

Cabrillo ran a ship called the Oregon, on the outside completely non-descript, but on the inside packed with state-of-the-art intelligence gathering equipment.

It was a completely private enterprise, available for any government agency that could afford it.

It went where no warship could go, transported secret cargo without suspicion, plucked data out of the air - it was the perfect complement to NUMA.

In fact, I had so much fun writing about the Oregon and its rakish one-legged chief that I was sorry to see it sail off when its task was done.

I promised myself I'd find a way to bring them back some day - and here , I am pleased to say, ethey are.

Golden Buddha is the first in a new series about Juan Cabrillo's merry men (and women!), and I hope you get as much a kick reading about them as I did creating them.

And who knows, maybe some time they'll cross paths with Dirk Pitt again... "

Clive Cussler