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Brown does a great job of keeping NUMA alive and kicking. :/ BRING BACK THE TROUTS!! Please? 🙂ĭark Vector is straight up entertainment fuel. I miss when they had a bigger role in the series! I know Kurt and Joe are the top guys, but it feels like with each book, the 2 other team members get less and less time to also shine. Trout getting more involved! They showed up way late in to the story and they didn’t do much. My only *tiny* complaint, is that I really miss Mr.

It just kept raising the fun and the suspense was perfect. If you are worried that a story about stolen super computers would be action packed, you’d be wrong! We start off with a little action that quickly ampts up to mega action! I was on the edge of my seat with all the fast paced shoot outs and boat chases.

It made things feel fresh and reinvigorated! That is NOT a bad thing or a complaint! I actually really appreciated the little bit of the change up. While the typical formula was followed, it did feel like some things were missing? A few things, such as habits or hobbies, always brought up in the past were missing in Dark Vector. Honestly, this felt just like your normal NUMA book! Brown does a seamless job of somehow making it feel familiar, but at the same time breathing new life into the series. I WAS curious if it was going to be a noticeable change or not. I wasn’t worried about if it would be good.

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As far as I know, this is the first NUMA series book written all the way by the author Graham Brown. I don’t know if Clive left any plot points or ideas (for future books) at the time of his passing. Thank you to Netgalley for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Putnam's Sons via Netgalley for this DRC. What I did enjoy is learning about this PIRATE QUEEN, Ching Shih (1775–1844) who commanded 400+ ships and 40,000 to 60,000 pirates.* Woah what?! I enjoyed 'Dark Vector' but because the plot involves super servers it isn't one of my NUMA favorites. You can expect smart villains, double-cross, and plenty of action from the NUMA crew along with their high-tech 'water toys' like the 'Phantom' a stealth turtle-looking submarine. There is a large cast of characters, but a list at the beginning of the book is very helpful to keep track of who is who. 'Dark Vector' is NUMA #19 and continues to deliver a great sea adventure. Rival parties race to the site for these high-tech servers that are not to be sold to Russia and China. As it appears the missing vessel is scuttled and lies at the bottom of the ocean floor. The hunt was cut short when Kurt and Joe received word from NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) in DC about a missing cargo ship carrying the most valuable supercomputer servers traveling from Taiwan to San Francisco. Kurt, Joe, and Yan-Li are treasure hunting in the South China Sea for the pirate queen, Ching Shih's lost treasure.

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