By Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos
A number of years ago I found a Clive Cussler book in the airport (Iceberg
). It was an entertaining read. Fast forward a few years and again I found another one of his books in the airport. White Death is an exciting tale of Kurt Austin hunting down a gang of Eskimos who are genetically modifying fish to be the perfect eating machines. The fish will be released into the worlds oceans eating every other fish and allow the company behind it all to profit handsomely. The plot reminded me of a 007 plot. Not really well defined but the world wide destruction of the oceans is assured if the villain succeeds.At one point the good guys boss sums up the story, which is pretty much what I just said. Then the main character Kurt Austin admits that it "sounds unbelievable when somebody else tells it." Indeed.
I have to wonder why two authors? I read a newspaper article a year or so ago about another author who has been cooperating with other authors to write his books. I forget the name of the guy. The head author outlines each chapter in detail and then the second author fleshes out the details. The unknown author is able to get some name recognition and the main author gets more cash with less work. I think that was the gist of it. In the case of White Death it works. This is an exciting story.
On a side note whoever had this book before me kept checking the descriptive sentences throughout the book. Nonsensical sayings are sprinkled here and there. Here's an example:
As my father used to say "All it takes to move a stubborn burro is a stick of dynamite."
Yeah and this was one of the more sensible ones. But it was an interesting look into what another reader had thought was interesting.
