Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59512 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 553 pages

Customer Reviews

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.

Couldn't put it down.
An extraordinary book that had me hooked from start to finish. The book successfully empathises with two very different characters, each chapter alternating the viewpoints: terrorist, FBI agent, terrorist, etc, etc. And I could still understand the terrorist's passion for his cause. I was also VERY impressed at how well Mr Follet saw the females viewpoint, soooo right.

A very clever and well researched book that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.