Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #230218 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 553 pages

Synopsis
Terrorists working to stop the building of a power plant threaten to trigger an earthquake on California's coast line. An FBI expert warns that the individual behind the threat is sane, capable and serious. If he causes the earthquake millions of lives will be at risk.

Customer Reviews

My first Follett book and it caught my attention
This was my first Ken Follett book and my ealry entry in to this sort of thriller. I enjoyed it. It wasn't the most complex of plots, but as someone else mentions in their review, what got my attention was that this is something which feels like it could happen. I particularly liked the female FBI agent character. I'd love to read more with her in it.

Ken Follett is not at his best
I am a little disappointed by this Follett reading though the end was more of the page turner I expect from Ken Follett. The beginning kept me reading hoping for more of the romance and lust of Lie Down with Lions, or the breath stopping plot of Eye of the Needle but this plot of terrorists causing an earthquake for their noble cause just didn't catch my attention. I will keep reading Ken Follett, as long as he keeps writing them, but this one was disappointing.

A good suspense thriller that seems worryingly authentic.
Another good yarn from Ken Follett. It isn't the best book I've read of his, suffice to say I was able to put it down for a couple of days, to find other amusements. I found in the early stages of the book where the chapters were more categorised, I was more interested to read about the FBI agent than the terrorist group. That said once I got into it, the story was fast paced, explosive, tense and had just enough romance to keep me interested.