In Final Option, Juan Cabrillo fights the worst enemy from his past to the terrifying and unexpected ending created by the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler, in the latest action-packed thriller in his number one New York Times best-selling series.

When the CIA realizes the identities of three American spies in Brazil have been compromised, they turn to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon to rescue the agents. What seems a routine operation turns out to be a trap designed by Juan Cabrillo's greatest enemy, a man driven by hate to seek the ultimate revenge. At the heart of the plot is a state-of-the-art ship that is identical to the Oregon: same weaponry, same technology, same ability to evade capture. The only thing it doesn't have is Cabrillo and his talented crew.

But will they be enough to go up against the one ship that rivals their own? The crew of the Oregon must piece together a series of disturbing events, including the mysterious sinking of a nuclear attack submarine and the possible discovery of a WWII-era weapon that was thought to be lost in the jungles of Brazil, in the ultimate game of cat and mouse.

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Listening Length	10 hours and 14 minutes
Author	Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison
Narrator	Scott Brick
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	November 05, 2019
Publisher	Penguin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07QW37B68
Best Sellers Rank	#12,210 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #152 in Espionage Thrillers (Audible Books & Originals) #156 in Action Thriller & Suspense Fiction #1,296 in Suspense (Audible Books & Originals)

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Kerri Rodrigue Everett

EXCELLENT UNDERWATER (DIE HARD) TYPE ADVENTURE!! KRE

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 22, 2023

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I’ve been a “C.Cussler” fan since D.Pitt was single! All of his technical research, along with the historical data, was always impressive. His loss has been greatly reduced by his choice of antecedents, his son and pre-existing co-authors.
MOST of the “Cussler” books are WELL WORTH THE TIME & EFFORT! There is some mediocrity, But Who is Perfect? That has Authored THAT Many Novels?? KRE

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Paul

Keeps you guessing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 24, 2022

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Clive never disappoints. This will keep you working on the final outcome until the last few chapters. That is why I keep.coming g back to Clive's novels again and again.

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Jonathan

Best One

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 23, 2022

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Best Oregon Story by far. Great characters, Great plot. The Oregon Files are my favorite of the books. These ones are the most exciting to read.

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Boomer

My new favorite Cabrillo novel

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 2, 2022

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Final Option is another fantastic entry in the Oregon series, and my favorite one so far. The Oregon crew find themselves framed for numerous sea attacks by Cabrillo's ex-CIA partner, who has gone rogue and has an 'Oregon' ship of his own with all of the same capabilities. It's an action packed and engaging story that had me frantically turning pages to get to the end. The climatic naval battle between the two ships is excellent and has a very satisfying conclusion.

Given the events here this seems to be a reset of sorts for this series, and I'll be curious to see how things go in the next entry. I might be mistaken, but I believe this was the last book Cussler had a hand in writing before his unfortunate passing, at least in the Oregon Files. If that was the case, this is a fitting finale for a wonderful author that will be greatly missed.

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John

A real page turner

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 14, 2022

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I started reading Clive Cussler over twenty years ago and then, as prices skyrocketed for his books; I started looking elsewhere. At that point, I was up-to-date and enjoyed his stories. Lately, I've returned as pricing is now more reasonable...and the books are older, too, so I'm not seeing repetitive storylines that other reviewers are complaining about. There are also dozens of books in both series that I haven't read yet.

FINAL OPTION captivated me and kept my interest throughout. Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon crew had their hands full in this story, and several times, I thought it would be the end of them. Their adversary had planned everything and ensured he had the odds stacked in his favor. They set many traps for the Oregon crew. Will they all survive THE FINAL OPTION?

Highly recommend this book to all interested in historical fiction and adventures on the high seas.

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Christian D. Orr

Juan Cabrillo’s most dangerous opponent yet!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 2, 2020

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Juan Cabrillo and his intrepid crew of the Oregon (decrepit tramp steamer on the outside, super hi-tech and luxurious spy ship on the inside) face their most dangerous opponent yet, that being an unwelcome blast from the past, i.e. a former partner from Juan’s CIA days, thought to have been long dead, who has resurfaced, and who has not only (1) resurrected a devilishly powerful long-forgotten WWI-era mind control device, but (2) indeed built a carbon copy of the Oregon and is using it to frame Juan’s crew for the sinkings of several vessels (including a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine) and even the abduction of Cabrillo’s own boss!

Harrowing and engaging, and keeps the pages turning.

RANDOM STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS:

—p. 1: Um, were German submarines in either World War ever actually assigned names as opposed to mere alphanumeric designators (like U-20, U-505, etc.)?

“Irre Waffe” = Insanity Weapon

—p. 9: South African–made Vektor R5 assault rifles!

“In fact, they were destined for Nicaraguan rebels who were going to use them in fighting the corrupt socialist government that was allowing the drug cartels to run wild.” Down with Daniel Ortega!

—p. 23: “He was looking forward to a generous cut of Brazil’s best prime rib and a bottle of well-aged cabernet sauvignon at a cigar bar and jazz club later that evening.” Aahh, Juan Cabrillo, Bon Vivant!

—p. 38: “and a baggy T-shirt that had the name of one of his favorite heavy metal bands, Nuclear Lobotomy, who, according to the bloody lettering on the shirt, toured with another band called Hate Gorgon.” Haha, creative.

—p. 66: “Raven used to be an Army Military Police investigator, and nothing escaped her observation.” In other words, Army Criminal Investigative Division (CID)?

—p. 68: ““Tangerine liqueur from Madagascar,” nice one.

—p. 203: filet mignon with béarnaise sauce, 007 would approve!

—p. 262: Er, wouldn’t Chinese sailors be using “kilometres” instead of “miles?”

—p. 266: “Then he realized that the movie playing was The Princess Bride. But in this case, all of the major male characters’ faces had been replaced with the face of Shrek. Although it was strange to hear the green ogre say, ‘Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya,’ the effect was seamless.” Haha.

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infernisdiem

Amazing book as always

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 2, 2022

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Clive Cussler has done it again with this book. I'm slowly adding his series to my collection and each book is a amazing. With a few exceptions, you can just about jump into any of his books and don't have to read them in order, they'll make sense by themselves

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Texas Aggie

great read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 8, 2022

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This book was probably the best book in the series. A great ending that you are almost sad to see

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Guy

An excellent yarn

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 17, 2020

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Clive Cussler always tells an excellent yarn and "The Oregon Files" are some of my favourites.

Somehow, however far fetched the tale, the more I enjoy it. This one (co-authored with Boyd Morrison) is right out there - as a doppelganger of the Oregon threatens Juan, the crew, the ship and even the CIA!

I enjoyed every bit and couldn't put the book down. He may not be everyone's cup of yea but, if you like Clive Cussler books, you'll enjoy this one!

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A. Mead

Best one yet? More like average

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 19, 2021

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If you read a lot of Cussler then from the get go you know who the winners and losers are going to be, the rest is just filler. Not sure why it's being called 'the best one yet', I'd call it about par for course. Don't get me wrong, Cussler books are semi-interesting reads and certainly beats reading the Daily Mail. I'd rather Cussler took more risks with his characters, as they always seem to pull through and get the job done.
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I didn't know when writing this, that Cussler has departed us. Amazon's author bio really needs updating to reflect this.

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andrew Graham

The corporation at it's best.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 28, 2022

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The Oregon and her crew members face up to their deadliest opponent's yet.
Although the ship is supposed to be one of a kind it turns out that there is another identical one that is conspiring to frame the crew and the chairman of countless crimes because of past events. They almost succeed in doing it but are stopped in their tracks by superior cunning and planning by Jaun Cabrillo and his team.
I am looking forward to the next adventure of this storyline.

Brian gerrey

Saved The Best To Last

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 17, 2022

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When I opened this book I fought it was going to be the Last of its kind, even reading it all in one day never stopped me believing that some thing good had to come out of it, I am so pleased I kept on reading as I have not been disappointed with the outcome, it did how ever come close some of the time but Clive Cussler did Himself Proud & produced another of his Great books for All of us Oregon Fans to be proud of.
Thank You Clive Cussler for Many Many Great Books over the years & thanks to your Family & Friends they will carry on Your Tradition RIP.

Graham W

Best one yet?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 23, 2020

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I’m an avid reader of Cussler novels especially the Oregon file. The headline was the best one yet, so I expected something special. I was not disappointed at all. This was fast paced from the beginning. The storyline was linked well to tie Tate as the “bad” Cabrillo and thrown in was a set up for treason involving all the characters who were in the know. How all this was untangled by a savvy Cabrillo and his bunch of loyal experts and friends. I don’t know how Cussler will top this but I sure hope he tries really hard

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