Name: Blue Gold
ISBN: 9780743418225

Clive Cussler

Paul Kemprecos

With the world running short of drinkable water, Kurt Austin and his NUMA team races against time to hunt down the missing scientist who has invented a process for turning salt water into fresh water.

A Novel from the NUMA Files

Blue Gold

Kirsten Simkiss

I didn't enjoy this one as much as Serpent. As a whole, it seemed too disjointed and unlikely to be really believable. (view spoiler)[Considering it was a global water take over, I find it very hard to believe that only one American newspaper took notice of private companies that would have to be linked somewhere on the paperwork. I just didn't buy it. (hide spoiler)] The main villain could also have used some work. (view spoiler)[She was tall and bullied so she decided to control the world's water supply to show that she was truly powerful? Really? Nothing deeper than that? Sure, she wants to recreate the world to be a better place, but logistically her plan to take over the world wasn't very sound. And considering she had built a dominating network of companies that had bought up all the water in the world, but she only wants to keep the greedy rich people who already dominate the world. If you charge exorbitant prices to the rich for water, they will no longer be rich! And then no one will be able to buy it! And then EVERYONE dies. I just don't think her plan was that well thought out. (hide spoiler)]

All in all, it's another fun Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala adventure story. But I'm hoping that in the next book, maybe they won't have Gamay get kidnapped. You know. For a third time. Twice is a coincidence, three is a pattern.

Blue Gold A Novel from the NUMA Files