Du Brul, Jack
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1968- ) US author who has focused on Technothrillers, some of them extending into the fantastic, as does his first novel, Vulcan's Forge (1998) as by Jack B Du Brul, which begins the Philip Mercer sequence featuring a geologist who – not entirely unlike Steven Spielberg's similarly scholarly Indiana Jones – has physical gifts extending beyond the probable. In Vulcan's Forge, a volcano has been artificially induced in 1954, 200 miles away from Hawaii (though nowhere near the actual Hawaii hot spot responsible for the creation of the archipelago). The Villain's goal is eventually to create a new Power Source known as bikinium, along with a new Island to own. This scheme to rule the world is defeated.
Du Brul's collaborations with Clive Cussler in the Oregon Files sequence beginning with its third instalment, Dark Watch (2005), are also Technothrillers, usually stopping short at the verge of the fantastic. [JC]
Jack B Du Brul
born Burlington, Vermont: 15 October 1968
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Philip Mercer
- Vulcan's Forge (New York: Forge, 1998) [Philip Mercer: hb/Robert Santora]
- Charon's Landing (New York: Forge, 1999) [Philip Mercer: hb/]
- The Medusa Stone (New York: Onyx, 2000) [Philip Mercer: pb/]
- Pandora's Curse (New York: Berkley Books, 2001) [Philip Mercer: pb/]
- River of Ruin (New York: Berkley Books, 2002) [Philip Mercer: pb/]
- Deep Fire Rising (New York: Berkley Books, 2003) [Philip Mercer: pb/]
- Havoc (New York: E P Dutton, 2006) [Philip Mercer: hb/]
- The Lightning Stones (New York: Doubleday, 2015) [Philip Mercer: hb/]
Oregon Files
- Dark Watch (New York: Berkley Books, 2005) with Clive Cussler [Oregon Files: pb/]
- Skeleton Coast: A Novel from the Oregon Files (New York: Berkley Books, 2006) with Clive Cussler [Oregon Files: pb/]
- Plague Ship: A Novel from the Oregon Files (New York: G P Putnam, 2008) with Clive Cussler [Oregon Files: hb/]
- Corsair: A Novel from the Oregon Files (New York: G P Putnam, 2009) with Clive Cussler [Oregon Files: hb/]
- The Silent Sea: A Novel from the Oregon Files (New York: G P Putnam, 2010) with Clive Cussler [Oregon Files: hb/]
- The Jungle: A Novel from the Oregon Files (New York: G P Putnam, 2011) with Clive Cussler [Oregon Files: hb/]
- Mirage: A Novel from the Oregon Files (New York: G P Putnam, 2013) with Clive Cussler [Oregon Files: hb/]
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