Jack Du Brul

Early life

Du Brul remained in Vermont throughout his childhood. He attended the Westminster School in Connecticut for grades 9 through 12. After college he moved to Florida, where he wrote his first book. He currently lives in Vermont.

Career

Du Brul's novels focus on his character, Dr. Philip Mercer, a successful mining engineer and geologist, who gets involved in various threats to the world. He has written seven Phillip Mercer books in the series, beginning with Vulcan's Forge.

Recently, Du Brul has co-authored "The Oregon Files" novels with Clive Cussler, taking over from Craig Dirgo with the third novel. The latest novel, Mirage, was a New York Times bestseller. As of 2015, Jack Du Brul is no longer the co-author of The Oregon Files with Clive Cussler.

In his book "The lightning Stones" Philip Mercer is disdainful of the scientific evidence for global warming. The theme of the novel is that a company involved in renewable energy feels so threatened by the possibility of financial losses that it hires a group of thugs to protect its interests even if it means killing a group of scientists uninvolved in studying global warming and undertaking experiments that could endanger the habitability of life on earth. Fortunately, our hero is able to thwart the latter plan and by a couple of extra-judicial killings save the planet. If you agree with Du Brul's premise and his disdain for normal legal procedures to inhibit the guilty, this is an exciting book for you. Others may have a different opinion.

Philip Mercer

1. Vulcan's Forge (1998)
2. Charon's Landing (1999)
3. The Medusa Stone (2000)
4. Pandora's Curse (2001)
5. River of Ruin (2002)
6. Deep Fire Rising (2003)
7. Havoc (2006)
8. The Lightning Stones (2015)

Oregon Files (with Clive Cussler)

1. Dark Watch (2005)
2. Skeleton Coast (2006)
3. Plague Ship (2008)
4. Corsair (2009)
5. The Silent Sea (2010)
6. The Jungle (2011)
7. Mirage (2013)