Dark Watch

★ 4.4 avg 768 votes

About this book

The author of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series returns with a novel of adventure and intrigue featuring his unbeatable hero of the high seas-Juan Cabrillo. Cabrillo and his motley crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a very comfortable and very dangerous living working for high-powered Western interests. But their newest clients have come from the Far East to ask for Cabrillo's special brand of assistance: a consortium of Japanese shipping magnates whose fortunes are being threatened by brutal pirates trolling the waters of Southeast Asia. Normally, such attacks on the high seas are limited to smaller ships and foreign-owned yachts-easy targets on the open ocean. Now, however, giant commercial freighters are disappearing. But when Cabrillo confronts the enemy, he learns that the pirates' predations hide a deadly international conspiracy-a scheme of death and slavery that Juan Cabrillo is going to blow out of the water.

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4.4/5 · 768 readers · 411 pages · ≈ 7 h 37 m · Moderate

What order should I read the Oregon Files series?

Read Dark Watch first, then follow the publication order above — Golden Buddha, then Plague Ship.

How long does it take to read Dark Watch?

About ≈ 7 h 37 m — 411 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mDark Watch~7 h 37 m

How many pages is Dark Watch?

411 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Dark Watch411

What genre is Dark Watch?

It sits on the Sea Stories, Thriller, Fiction shelves.

Is Dark Watch in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Dark Watch?

Clive Cussler & Jack Du Brul (1931–2020).

Oregon Files — reading order

  1. → Dark Watch (2004) you are here
  2. 1 Golden Buddha (2003)
  3. 2 Plague Ship (2008)