Jack Du Brul (born October 15, 1968 in

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) is an American author who writes

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novels.

Early life

Du Brul remained in

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throughout his childhood. He attended the

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Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

for grades 9 through 12. After college he moved to

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, where he wrote his first book. He currently lives in Virginia.

Career

Du Brul's novels focus on his character, Dr. Philip Mercer, a successful

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and

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, who gets involved in various threats to the world. He has written eight Phillip Mercer books in the series, beginning with '' Vulcan's Forge''. Later, Du Brul co-authored " The Oregon Files" novels with

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, taking over from

Craig Dirgo Craig Dirgo is an American author of techno thrillers and adventure novels, as well as non-fiction. He started off co-authoring with Clive Cussler on his non-fiction work. He soon moved to his own novels starring his character, John Taft, an age ...

with the third novel. The latest novel, ''

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'', was a

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bestseller and his last novel in the series. But more recently took on co-authoring the Isaac Bell novels with ''The Titanic Secret'', the 11th.

Works

Philip Mercer

# '' Vulcan's Forge'' (1998) # '' Charon's Landing'' (1999) # '' The Medusa Stone'' (2000) # '' Pandora's Curse'' (2001) # '' River of Ruin'' (2002) # ''

Deep Fire Rising Jack Du Brul (born October 15, 1968 in Burlington, Vermont) is an American author who writes techno-thriller novels. Early life Du Brul remained in Vermont throughout his childhood. He attended the Westminster School in Connecticut for grades 9 ...

'' (2003) # ''

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'' (2006) # '' The Lightning Stones'' (2015)

Oregon Files (with Clive Cussler)

# '' Dark Watch'' (2005) # ''

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'' (2006) # '' Plague Ship'' (2008) # ''

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'' (2009) # ''

The Silent Sea ''The Silent Sea'' is the seventh novel of Clive Cussler's Oregon Files series. The hardcover edition was released March 9, 2010. Other editions were released on other dates. Like the rest of the series, this book details the exploits of the ...

'' (2010) # ''

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'' (2011) # ''

'' (2013)

Isaac Bell Adventures (with Clive Cussler)

# ''The Titanic Secret'' (2019) # ''The Saboteurs'' (2021) # ''The Sea Wolves'' (2022)

References

External links

Official author's site
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