Overload
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3.8 • 17 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Hotel and Airport "hits with another blockbuster," a terrorist takedown of California's power grid (The Observer).
In the middle of a sweltering July heat wave that has no end in sight, California's Golden State Power and Light is on overload. An emergency brownout is already in effect. Then, GSP&L's newest and largest generator explodes. With four people dead and a widespread loss of power, a fringe group takes responsibility. But for GSP&L vice president Nim Goldman and his family; his adversary, investigative reporter Nancy Molineaux; detective Harry London; and beautiful quadriplegic Karen Sloan, whose every breath depends on electric power, the terror is just beginning . . .
A dramatic and timely story of the people and the events leading to a crisis, Overload presents a fascinating view of the little-known world of electric power production that is vital to contemporary life.
Customer Reviews
Times change, idiocy doesn’t
What some might see as a prophetic warning about the difficulty in balancing the growing need for power sources against the damage to nature. Also, clearly written before #metoo made it clear that unbridled male lust is not the imperative it might once have been.