Operation Ocean Emerald is a thriller which was published in 2010 and it has been writed by Ilkka Remes. The book is english version from Remes’ ”Piraatit”-book, which was published in 2003. Main characters names and the plot has been changed little so that the book applys better for non-finnish reader. The book tells about cruise ship Ocean Emerald, which has been hijacked and it’s passengers who try to save the ship and themself from the hijackers.
The books main character is 14-years-old boy Luke C. Baron. Luke is from England but his family has moved to Porvoo Finland, where he lives with his dad and mum. Other important characters are Toni, Lukes friend, Craig Thomson, Ocean Emeralds head of security and former FBI-agent, Philippe Delaroix, one of the hijackers, Juliette du Pont, hijacker and Rosita, ships cleaner. Luke is 14-years-old but by mentally he seems to be adult. He tries to act as hero middle of hijacket ship taking stupid risks and does the job for adults, which is very unlikely in real world.
The story begins in Porvoo where Luke and Toni find a lost passport and boarding pass to floating luxury palace: cruise ship Ocean Emerald. They decide to return it and couple days later they drive from Porvoo to Helsinki where Luke goes to return the passport. When he finaly finds Juliette du Pont, the passports owner, Luke is taken captive by Juliette and her partner Philippe Delaroix. Capturers put their plans in motion and Delaroix captures the bridge and the whole ship treathening with explosives which have been hiden across the ship. They demand money from ships 1000 wealthy passengers, Luke is going to stop hijackers plans.
The books narration is maded by third person which is common in Remes’ books. The narrator tells from all characters situations and the character changes very often, which is very annoing, when you are not sure which character the narrator tells about.
In my opinion the book was interesting and very exciting with all its turns and problemsolves. The best part was the plot and bad parts were narration and Lukes uncovincing heroism and ingenuity. His acts in the book make hard to believe that he is just 14-years-old. I would recommend the book to everyone who is interested from thrillers. The book has lots of difficult words, so understanding was sometimes hard. Finding the book was easy: just search thriller books from english books.