Blind Thrust: A Mass Murder Mystery: Volume 1 - Brossura

Marquis, Samuel

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1943593043 ISBN 13: 9781943593040

Casa editrice: Mount Sopris Publishing, 2015

Riassunto

BLIND THRUST: A MASS MURDER MYSTERY

A JOE HIGHEAGLE NOVEL BOOK 1

BY SAMUEL MARQUIS - #1 DENVER POST BESTSELLING, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR

#1 Denver Post Bestseller - Fiction

Winner Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Suspense)

Award-Winning Finalist USA Book Awards, Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year, and Beverly Hills Book Awards (Suspense)

Horrific earthquakes are devastating the Front Range between Denver and Colorado Springs in an area long believed to be seismically quiescent. They are being generated by ruptures along cryptic, mysterious, deeply buried thrust faults (blind thrusts) that, unlike many faults, do not break the surface during large-scale seismic events. Somehow the cause of the unusual earthquakes must be unraveled and the cataclysms stopped before they result in more carnage and devastation. But are they the result of natural tectonic adjustments, hydro-fracking, conventional subsurface sequestering, or clandestine operations? Environmental Geologist Joe Higheagle is on a mission to find out the answer. But he soon finds himself in a deadly duel of wits against powerful forces. With his team of techie sleuths, Higheagle goes toe to toe against his adversaries while grappling to collect, analyze, and leverage the scientific data needed to prove his case. But at every turn he is thwarted by his shadowy enemy and, with the cataclysms worsening, he may not have enough on his side to solve the mystery and save Colorado from more devastation. Can he solve the enigma of the earthquakes and gather enough evidence to stop those responsible? Will the tremors continue to wreak death and mayhem across the Front Range? Or will Higheagle and his outgunned team be defeated and ultimately crushed by their adversaries? If the earthquakes are not stopped, thousands more will perish and more towns and homes will be destroyed, leaving countless injured and homeless as well as untold financial damage across the Front Range. But can the resourceful Higheagle and his team stop those responsible? In the end, all they can do is try.

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L'autore:

Samuel Marquis works by day as vice-president - hydrogeologist at an environmental consulting firm in Boulder, Colo., and by night as a writer of historical and modern suspense novels. He holds a Master of Science degree in geology, is a registered professional geologist in eleven states and is a recognized expert in groundwater contaminant hydrogeology, having served as a hydrogeologic expert witness in several class action litigation cases. He also has a deep and abiding interest in military history and intelligence, specifically related to the Plains Indian Wars, World War II and the current War on Terror. His strong technical scientific background and deep passion for military history and intelligence has served Samuel Marquis well as a suspense writer. Former Colorado Governor Roy Romer said, “Blind Thrust kept me up until 1 a.m. two nights in a row. I could not put it down. An intriguing mystery that intertwined geology, fracking, and places in Colorado that I know well. Great fun.” James Patterson has compared Mr. Marquis’s forthcoming novel, The Coalition, to The Day After Tomorrow, the classic thriller by Allan Folsom which appeared in the number three spot in its first week on the New York Times bestseller list for fiction and for which American publishing rights were sold for two million dollars. Donald Maas, author of Writing 21st Century Fiction and two novels, has compared The Coalition to The Day of the Jackal. Other book reviewers have compared Marquis’s WWII espionage novel, Bodyguard of Deception, to the spy novels of Daniel Silva, Ken Follett and Alan Furst. In addition to his novels, Mr. Marquis is widely published in peer-reviewed scientific journals/books and has provided principal expert witness support and senior technical oversight on a variety of remedial, hydrogeologic and sustainability projects.

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• Editore: Mount Sopris Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1943593043
• ISBN 13: 9781943593040
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 328