Deluge

by Richard Doyle

Book Overview

London faces the worst disaster in its history...It was to be the day the American President drove in state through the streets of the UK's capital city.But the lethal combination of a gigantic freak... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553117661
• ISBN13: 9780553117660
• Release Date: August 1978
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 4.3" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

What if . . .

. . . London flooded? This exciting disaster novel, written in 1976 before the Thames Barrier was built, explores what could happen! Flood co-ordinator Derek Thompson tries to warn the authorities and the public after hearing reports of freak tides and storms in the North Sea, but do they listen? Yes, you've guessed it, the authorities dally over evacuation plans. And to top it all, the US President is due to pay London a visit and Thompson's wife becomes trapped in the Underground as the floods strike in cataclysmic fashion. A barge strikes a hospital, a power station explodes and industrial areas burn out of control threatening people trapped in high-rise housing. Who will live and who will die? A shame this was not made into a movie! Although us UK readers no longer have to fear such a disaster taking place because of the barrier, this novel is still worth reading for excitement and spectacle value.