clive cussler, the books are really wasy to read along with being quite entertaining. if you do choose to read his, make sure you read the dirk pitt ones, not the ones he cowrote with paul kemprecos. i dont find those ones as good as the dirk pitt numa files. btw theyre adventure books where a guy named dirk pitt who works for NUMA(national underwater marine agency) basically do james bond like stuff.