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84 Author: The stories are the stuff of legend, and they are all true. In 1811 and 1812, three mammoth earthquakes measuring 8 on the Richter scale ruptured an area spanning twenty-four states and a third of the landmass of the United States. But today it's all a distant memory. Until the underground force reawakens. Near Mayfield, Kentucky, John Atkins, ... more »
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All in all, this is a pretty good story. Even tho it is a work of fiction, it does show what could happen along the Mississippi River valley, in the event of a major earthquake. It has the usual political (intrigue?) cover up of previous advance warning signs of a pending earthquake, like politicians, ignoring what the experts have been telling them all along, refusing to cooperate.
This is a good book overall with some typical and predictable mystery and romance. I did not believe the ending but I am a skeptic of such things. I did learn some things about earthquakes and earthquake science.
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