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The Pompeii Syndrome (Paperback)

by David Rice (Author)
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  • Paperback: 414 pages
  • Publisher: The Mercier Press Ltd (Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1856355349
  • ISBN-13: 978-1856355346
  • Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 11 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 951,096 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Father Frank Kane, filming a TV series on "Great Catastrophes in History", grows convinced that people on the verge of extinction, as in Pompeii, consciously ignore all the signs of their impending doom. In Ireland, Garda Det-Sgt Stokes keeps encountering references to a shadowy figure called Omar. A young Saudi Arabian disappears from Ennis hospital, and later his body appears in a trawler's fishing net. In Leeds, journalist Meg Watkins is assigned to research Freshpark Nuclear Plant in Cumbria. Initially impressed, she gradually grows horrified at its safety record. Meanwhile, Sheik Aboud is secretly training terrorist pilots to fly hijacked planes into Europe's nuclear plants, using flight simulators at his walled County Galway residence. Gradually, Stokes closes in on the sheik as he feels some catastrophe is pending. So does Fr Frank Kane, for different reasons. And Meg Watkins is convinced that terrorists are going after Freshpark. Convergence comes when both Kane and Stokes hear Meg say on a TV talk-show that terrorists could hijack a plane out of Ireland and fly it into Freshpark. But it's all too late. Omar has been in Co Galway all the time, as a respected citizen, and now does precisely what Meg had feared. The consequences are horrific...


About the Author

A native of Northern Ireland, David Rice has worked as a journalist on three continents. He was in Beijing during the massacre of Tiananmen Square, and later returned to secretly interview 400 of the survivors. This led to two books, Dragon's Brood and the novel Song of Tiananmen Square. Rice's No.1 best-selling Shattered Vows led to the acclaimed Channel 4 documentary, Priests of Passion, which he presented. He now lives in Co Tipperary.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely terrifying, 21 Mar 2007
By Jon Harris "Ben" (Limerick, Ireland) - See all my reviews
I took a star off this book for two reasons. Number one, I haven't been able to sleep since I read the book because it is absolutely terrifying in the issues that it brings up. Of course, Mr. Rice has chosen a very relevent subject matter, which makes it all the more chilling.
Number two, perhaps slightly more literary, it seems to stall a little at the start with so much information on character and the nuclear issue. Once the info is across though, say goodbye to an easy night's sleep.
Aside from that, it is a great read and, provided you can hold your nerve, I would recommend you to buy it.
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