Product Details
Simon & Schuster, February 2005
eBook, 368 pages
ISBN-10: 0743279670
ISBN-13: 9780743279673
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Chapter 1
NO ONE THINKS IT CAN HAPPEN HERE
Washington State's Cascadia Island has been the focus of seis- mologist Doug Lam's intensive research. Formed by earthquakes centuries ago, the unstable landmass needs only the slightest trigger to unleash a devastating catastrophe.
NO ONE HEARS THE WARNINGS
A wealthy developer stands to make millions from the construction of a luxury resort on Cascadia -- and no scientist's theories of calamity will stop him. But on the eve of the complex's grand opening, terror rolls in with unstoppable force.
NO ONE WILL SURVIVE
Seismic rumblings along the Northwest Corridor escalate to deadly tremors that put hundreds of lives on the line. With the island imploding and the military ill-supplied, Doug and his girlfriend, pilot Jennifer Lindstrom, race to evacuate the island by air while dreading the worst: the upheaval signals the approach of a killer tsunami....