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Cataclysm, Tim Washburn

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Cataclysm

Tim Washburn

Washburn brings a new kind of terror. Marc Cameron First the ground shakes . . . At Yellowstone National Park, earthquake tremors are common. But today, park scientist Tucker Mayfield detects something different: a disturbing new increase in activity and intensity . . . Then the lava rises . . . Lurking beneath the park s natural wonders, earth s largest supervolcano begins to awaken after 640,000 years. If or when it blows, two-thirds of the North American continent will be destroyed . . . Now the whole world trembles . . . In fear. Racing against time, Tucker Mayfield mobilizes a team to evacuate all visitors from the park including his family at the Old Faithful Inn. But when the earthquakes intensify, and the death toll rises, a shockwave of panic spreads across the nation. Troops are deployed, emergency plans activated. But nothing can stop a natural disaster of this magnitude. When the volcano erupts, doomsday begins and no one gets out alive . . . Apocalypse has come...unsettling...Washburn shows formidable storytelling skills....You find youself wishing it were longer