I have been reading Clive Cussler's books for just over a year and have managed to get through about a dozen of them so far. beer: w:
One thing that hits me is that most contain a true-to-life historical event (which I really love) and although I have not looked into if the dates are historically accurate - most appear to be.
However, in the case of
Shock Wave I found that it discusses a convict ship that falls victim to a storm on route to Botany Bay, Sydney in 1856. Yet, by this period no convicts were being sent to the eastern coast of Australia. The only colony accepting convicts at this time was Western Australia.
You can find information about this on this site:
http://members.iinet.com.au/~perthdps/convicts/res-02.html Has anyone noticed this anomaly before?