Meltdown
by Peter Tonkin
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Pub Date 13 May 2016 | Archive Date 20 May 2016
Description
‘Equals the best of James Clavell’ – Daily Telegraph
A mission to complete. A war to avert. A nation to save ...
It is spring in west Africa.
Richard Mariner of the Heritage-Mariner Shipping Company has delivered the great iceberg, codenamed Manhattan, to the drought-stricken country of Mau.
Now, with his associates in the United Nations, he stands ready to release the life-giving water it represents to the parched heartlands.
But disaster is always close at hand and the political situation threatens to ruin everything when a military coup sparks a bloody tribal war.
The diplomatic situation also becomes critical as war hungry neighbours, illicitly armed with the most advanced weapons, are tempted into the fray.
There are those who suspect that the gigantic ice-island has been contaminated with the top-secret results of a desperate gamble to avert total meltdown at Chernobyl.
Suspicion soon turns apparent friends into secret enemies who cannot let Mariner succeed, no matter what terrible price his failure might cost…
As the torrid heat of a tropical summer begins to build, Richard Mariner must carry out an epic experiment; one which will prevent Manhattan from melting, and thereby avert a massive social, moral and financial disaster.
But he only has sixty-six days in which to do it and time is quickly running out…
Meltdown is a thrilling adventure novel set on the perilous high seas.
Praise for Peter Tonkin
‘A master of sea-going adventure. Enough taut suspense to satisfy any reader’ Clive Cussler
‘Good technical detail, plus an exciting climax, makes this entertaining reading’ Publishing News
‘Edge-of-the-seat terror on the high seas’ Daily Post
Peter Tonkin was born in Northern Ireland, and was raised in the UK, Holland, Germany, and the Persian Gulf. He has written thirty novels including twenty-two Richard Mariner novels.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
A mission to complete. A war to avert. A nation to save ...
It is spring in west Africa.
Richard Mariner of the Heritage-Mariner Shipping Company has delivered the great iceberg, codenamed Manhattan, to the drought-stricken country of Mau.
Now, with his associates in the United Nations, he stands ready to release the life-giving water it represents to the parched heartlands.
But disaster is always close at hand and the political situation threatens to ruin everything when a military coup sparks a bloody tribal war.
The diplomatic situation also becomes critical as war hungry neighbours, illicitly armed with the most advanced weapons, are tempted into the fray.
There are those who suspect that the gigantic ice-island has been contaminated with the top-secret results of a desperate gamble to avert total meltdown at Chernobyl.
Suspicion soon turns apparent friends into secret enemies who cannot let Mariner succeed, no matter what terrible price his failure might cost…
As the torrid heat of a tropical summer begins to build, Richard Mariner must carry out an epic experiment; one which will prevent Manhattan from melting, and thereby avert a massive social, moral and financial disaster.
But he only has sixty-six days in which to do it and time is quickly running out…
Meltdown is a thrilling adventure novel set on the perilous high seas.
Praise for Peter Tonkin
‘A master of sea-going adventure. Enough taut suspense to satisfy any reader’ Clive Cussler
‘Good technical detail, plus an exciting climax, makes this entertaining reading’ Publishing News
‘Edge-of-the-seat terror on the high seas’ Daily Post
Peter Tonkin was born in Northern Ireland, and was raised in the UK, Holland, Germany, and the Persian Gulf. He has written thirty novels including twenty-two Richard Mariner novels.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
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| ISBN | 9780747252658 |
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