Review: Just awful
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2013
OK here's the story: Yellowstone erupts with no warning whatsoever. The lack of warning in an area so thickly covered with geological instruments is very unlikely. The magma has to move from deep pools, which have been recently mapped, to near the surface. That movement would take months or years and be closely tracked by geological instruments. Plus everyone would notice larger scale earthquakes during this period. We're talking about magma movement of 10 miles or more.This unexpected eruption causes an 11.4 quake in Yellowstone. That is 100 times more powerful than any historical quake and would release almost 1000 times the energy.He then goes on a long boring description of horrific events caused by this. Everything from the death of a couple near Yellowstone to prison riots thousands of miles away. Yawn. He also intersperses this with vile language completely uncalled for by the action. It's like this was written by a 13 year old as he imagines the world. I'm tolerant of strong language when used appropriately in dialog, this is just gratuitous.I think a realistic book based on Yellowstone or the Long Valley Calderas erupting could be a very good read. You could build up tension with increasing quakes and other geological warnings. The eruption could occur and then you could show people at their best and worse in the aftermath. Too bad he didn't write that book.Save your money and just reread the Towering Inferno or some other disaster book.