Goodbye California

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Reissue of the classic tale of terrorism, where a criminal fanatic is hell-bent on blasting San Francisco into the ocean, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.'Earthqua ke country,' said the Professor. 'San Francisco is geologically and seismologically a city that waits to die. Los Angeles is ringed by earthquake centres – seven massive quakes so far. We have no idea where the next, the monster, will hit…'…until a criminal fanatic kidnaps a nuclear scientist and builds his own atomic bombs. If exploded on California's fault lines they could trigger off the mightiest earthquake of them all – killing half its population and dumping the entire city of San Francisco into the sea.Goodbye California…In this best-selling novel, Alistair MacLean takes us on a suspense-filled adventure, where the stakes are as high as they can get. The story, filled with action and mystery, revolves around a father who must navigate the world of crime and terrorism to save not just his family, but half the population of California.For fans of Frederick Forsyth (The Day of the Jackal), Ken Follett (Triple), Edward Marston (Murder in Transit), and Eric Ambler (The Schirmer Inheritance).HarperCollins 2024 Show more