Lava
Earth is less than skin deep
1 nuclear bomb + 1 terrorist + Mt. Rainier = no more Seattle-Portland
FBI agent Rease failed to catch a terrorist who will detonate a nuclear bomb in an American volcano. His failure in the heat of battle cost him his job — and the lives of two fellow agents.
America has 160 volcanoes, so which has the madman targeted? America’s overstretched security forces deploy, mostly near population centers, but no think tank has written contingency plans to counter this unique threat.
Rease stumbles onto beautiful volcanologist Taylor Hall, who has next-generation tools that evaluate volcanic systems. Her work shows that the attack will occur where nobody is looking — but her tools are untested, so nobody believes her.
Both are outcasts, and Rease and Taylor quarrel constantly, agreeing only that they have 39 shrinking hours to thwart a madman. Their task is impossible. Their time is running out.