Caldera A Yellowstone Park thriller edition by Larry LaVoie Literature Fiction eBooks
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Six-hundred-thousand years ago the largest volcano in the Western Hemisphere erupted; covering much of what is now the Central United States in a thick layer of ash. The cataclysm left behind a massive caldera that today is known as Yellowstone National Park and it’s about to happen again.
After a meeting with the President, Milton Bainbridge, a Yellowstone volcanologist is found dead under mysterious circumstances. USGS volcanologist, Jason Trask, is called in from overseas as a replacement, much to the disappointment of Bainbridge’s assistant Carlene Carlson, who was hoping to be promoted.
Trask and Carlson discover records, left behind by Bainbridge, that indicate the super volcano is about to erupt again, only this time the survival of millions of Americans, in thirteen states, are threatened if they cannot be evacuated from the deadly path of the fallout. To make matters worse, a terrorist organization is planning on using the disarray in the aftermath of a Yellowstone eruption to topple the government of the United States. Trask and Carlson face off against a government that doesn't believe an eruption is eminent and a terrorist organization preparing to use that denial to their advantage.
Caldera is a thrilling peek into the lives of the volcanologists assigned to Yellowstone National Park and the challenges they face when presented with the reality of a national disaster of unimaginable proportions.
Caldera A Yellowstone Park thriller edition by Larry LaVoie Literature Fiction eBooks
Old Faithful begins continuously erupting, which it has never done before. Two professional geologists just give the famous geyser the kind of quick look Chevy Chase gave the Grand Canyon in National Lampoon's Vacation, then casually continue their conservation. At that point, I knew something was very wrong with this book. I love Yellowstone National Park and I enjoyed the volcanology in the book. But the entire story was unrealistic and terribly disjointed. A rock slide threatens hikers, then is unmentioned in the next chapter. People are thrown from bicycles by earthquakes and even into expanding lakes, then are casually back at their computer stations, gabbing away like nothing happened. But the biggest problem with this story is the author carries his main characters hundreds of miles from the park when the old volcano finally blows, robbing the story of what should have been its most dramatic narratives. And did I mention the absolutely ridiculous side plot about Russians hiding inside a mountain in Nevada, apparently for decades, just waiting for Yellowstone to blow so they can take over the country?Product details
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Caldera A Yellowstone Park thriller edition by Larry LaVoie Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I waffled on whether to give Caldera 4 or 5 stars, and finally settled on 4 although I enjoyed this book very much. Having visited Yellowstone several times it is always fun to read a book set in a familiar area as it seems more personable. There was a large amount of technical information provided to make the story believable but it was presented in such a way that it was easily understandable. I wasn't familiar with the Toba catastrophe theory that was only briefly mentioned but I just had to look it up (Thanks, for making it so easy to do that for nerds like me). Very interesting. I think anyone who has visited Yellowstone and listened to the ranger lectures or seen the television documentaries about the supervolcano can envision something like this happening some day. Hopefully a long time in the future as we live In the downwind fallout zone! The story was fast paced and made the book hard to put down although I didn't try very hard to resist temptation.
Now for the reason for the four stars. I almost didn't purchase this book based on previous reviews as simple editing errors drive me crazy. But the price was lowered from $9.99 to $4.99, which is still more than I usually pay for an ebook but I like this type of story and decided to give it a try. There is a note at the beginning of the book stating that this is the professionally edited second edition. I hoped that the problems had been corrected and didn't notice the issue with the commas and quotations mentioned in an earlier review, but maybe I was too engrossed in the story. But those pesky spelling errors and the alarm clock mistake jump out like they were written in neon ink--maybe I've corrected too many term papers as I found myself having to highlight and make a note of each one, which is a distraction from the story. I found another error not previously mentioned--the Absaroka Mountains are misspelled as Absoroka. The author should have checked the map!
As a personal opinion, I felt the whole Russian thread was a little off track and was resolved too easily in the epilogue. And speaking of the epilogue, I would have liked more information about the aftermath. What was the impact for the citizens in the fallout zone? Did they die or have time to evacuate? The population displacements? How did the president handle the disaster?
All in all, I liked this book a lot. Perhaps Mr. LaVoie could at least make one of those updates to correct the editing errors pointed out in several of the reviews. With only 11 reviews to date it would not take many 5 star reviews to make a big difference in the rating.
Very rarely will I pay $9.99 for a book, and it's even less likely for a book when so many great books can be had for $2.99 or less.
I won't give a synopsis; that's what the description is for.
This book was worth the price. Even the subplots were closely connected to the main plot.
I am a sucker for natural disaster movies and books, and this one kept me enthralled from beginning to end. It was so believable, I could almost feel as if I were ther.
I have very few compaints about this book, none of which are related to the story. There were some issues with tense and words inserted or missing within sentences. My biggest sticking point was an absence of commas throughout the book. I'm a fast reader, and it's annoying when I have to stumble to a halt in order to mentally insert punctuation and reread a sentence. It happened enough times to really irritate.
I enjoyed reading about the super volcano, Yellowstone. Loved the characters, earthquakes, terrorists, USGS personnel, and the politicians involved in this story. I live in the Willamette Valley with a great view of several Cascade Mts. Lately, we have been living under the threat of the overdue tectonic plates off the coasts of Oregon and Washington. It can be paralyzing, but there is potential danger just about anywhere people live. You can prepare and pray. But, if it happens there isn't much more people can do than try and survive.
The volcanologists in this story were not allowed to warn the public. I think there are only eight super volcanoes in the world. I wouldn't want to work or live inside the caldera of any like Yellowstone or the one in Italy. Thumbs up on this book.
Great writing. Started reading about 0800 yesterday till about 2200. 0700 this morning here in Utah, news talking about Yellowstone being a Super Volcano Etc. You wonder if the news is keeping us from being uneasy. I have apps on earthquakes and volcanos which have been very active. Many quakes of 1.2, 3.0 and up, which are normal, but many in the 4, 5 and the 6 range. Many in the Ring Of Fire. Too many in S. E. Idaho, the Soda Springs area, which is about the half way point between Salt Lake and Yellowstone Park, and it makes you think and have a Heads Up. If you study the scriptures, you can see what's coming. I recommend it, it will hold your attention and get you thinking to learn more about Volcanos and Earthquakes which cause many from moving of Tectonic Plates. I also recommend a book called Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis by David A. Rothery. This is a teaching book, like a text book, piece by piece on this subject, so you will know what authors are talking about on many of these book of this subject.
Old Faithful begins continuously erupting, which it has never done before. Two professional geologists just give the famous geyser the kind of quick look Chevy Chase gave the Grand Canyon in National Lampoon's Vacation, then casually continue their conservation. At that point, I knew something was very wrong with this book. I love Yellowstone National Park and I enjoyed the volcanology in the book. But the entire story was unrealistic and terribly disjointed. A rock slide threatens hikers, then is unmentioned in the next chapter. People are thrown from bicycles by earthquakes and even into expanding lakes, then are casually back at their computer stations, gabbing away like nothing happened. But the biggest problem with this story is the author carries his main characters hundreds of miles from the park when the old volcano finally blows, robbing the story of what should have been its most dramatic narratives. And did I mention the absolutely ridiculous side plot about Russians hiding inside a mountain in Nevada, apparently for decades, just waiting for Yellowstone to blow so they can take over the country?
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