Plague Ship by Clive Cussler ***+

This book is enjoyable for just fantasy action escape. As usual Cussler starts with an imaginary historic event when a survivor of WWII military plane crash discovers Noah's Arc on a glacier in Norway. We don't hear about the arc again until about page 400 of the book. The primary plot involves the customary villians, this time a world wide organization dedicated to solving the problem of the overpopulation of the world through villanous means. The crew of the Oregon ship (the agency of the good guys)discovers the plot accidently and pursues the challenge of thwarting the plot. The book moves at a quick pace as one obstacle after another has to be overcome by the ingenuity of the crew and their ultra high-tech equipment. The good guys win,of course, but after completing the book one might come to a realization that the bad guys had a significant concern about the impact that overpopulation is having on society. It does prick one's conscience!