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Book Review of Saving Cascadia

Saving Cascadia
Saving Cascadia
Author: John J. Nance
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Washington State's Cascadia Island has been the focus of seismologist Doug Lam's intensive research. Formed by earthquakes centuries ago, the unstable landmass needs only the slightest trigger to unleash a devastating catastrophe.
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.

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 Laindstrom, race to evacuate the island by air while dreading the worst: the upheaval signals the approach of a killer tsunami......