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Flood (Paperback)

by Richard Doyle (Author)
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  • Paperback: 640 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (2 Jan 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099429691
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099429692
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 238,567 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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London has stood for nearly two thousand years. Until today. "Flood" is a devastating and compulsive thriller that reads like fact. The country has suffered floods on an unprecedented scale in recent years, but have we seen the worst, an inundation that threatens millions of lives? Doyle's vision is incontestable, backed up by over twenty-five years of research. "Flood" is the disaster novel of today. A storm rages over the north of Britain, a troop carrier founders in the Irish Sea, flood indicators go off the scale, the seas are mountainous and a spring tide is about to strike the East Coast. Air sea rescue and military personnel struggle to save lives all down the coast. The worst is yet to come. When the storm reaches the south the two forces of wind and tide will combine and send a huge one-in-a-thousand tidal surge up the Thames. But surely London is safe: the Thames Barrier will save the capital from disaster as it was intended to do? The river is a titanic presence by now, higher than anyone has known it, and the surge thunders towards the Barrier. Scientists begin to talk of the possibility of overtopping. Can fifty feet high gates be overwhelmed by a wave? Then there is an explosion the size of a small Hiroshima: a supertanker is ablaze in the estuary and most of the Essex petrochemical works are going up with it. The Thames catches fire and the wall of fire and water thunders towards England's capital. This is the story of what happens next, and the desperate attempts to save the capital from destruction.


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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One you won't want to put down!, 13 Jul 2003
By Mr N Forbes-warren "author of RESURGENCE and ... (Newport, South Wales, UK) - See all my reviews
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In 1976, Richard Doyle wrote a disaster novel called DELUGE, about London flooding. This was written before the Thames Barrier was built, and such a disaster was after that inconceivable. However, when you read this updated and much more realistic version, you will be left wondering whether the Barrier will be safe enough to stop a massive tidal surge. The research behind how such an event could take place is spot on. Not only that, in this story a tanker explodes, hitting oil refineries in Canvey Island , Essex, just east of London, causing a massive burning oil slick to head for the capital. The British Government's people - Home Secretary Venetia Maitland and Royal Navy troubleshooter Roland Raikes do all they can to prevent the disaster from getting worse as the burning flood tide heads at an alarming pace towards London. Richard Doyle has certainly done his research into how such a huge disaster could occur and just who it would affect. The locations featured are as authentic as you could get - the Van Ommeren oil refinery in Essex is a place I used to work next door to and brought back some memories. The descriptions of the fire and flood destroying landmarks is so well told it's unsettling at times, but this is a book you just cannot stop reading. There are no main characters, apart from, perhaps Raikes and Maitland, this story is told as-it-happens in a present tense making you feel you are there, the disaster itself is the main element focused on. There are assorted subplots of people being rescued from the London Underground, the THames Barrier and how it fails, schoolchildren escaping the Millennium Dome and shoppers trapped at Bluewater retail city - and a massive inferno at Canary Wharf tower. Overall, very frightening and hard to fault, and a book that makes compelling reading!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It could happen..., 28 April 2006
By M. P. Crowther "Writer-historian-student" (Aylesbury, Bucks) - See all my reviews
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Reading it is amazing...it has the feel of a documentary but feels quite real at the same time. The speed of the flooding is staggering and it shows accurately just how events could spin out of control. If you stand on Westminster Bridge where the resistance to the fire is halted looking up river towards St. Paul's you have a hard time imagining the water up to the bridge's edge and over the banks but it could happen. Odds are narrowing on the Barrier being breached and with global warming etc it could happen.
At the moment I live in Marylebone...that's out of the flood range but so much is inside the flood zone.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Thriller that Really Does Read like Fact, 30 Jan 2003
By K. Steele "kirstos" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Although this book is hard going in places, and can get a little bogged down by science, it is an excellent read if you like films like 'Deep Impact'. The plot is quick and jumps around from place to place and character to character, which serves to reinforce the sense of urgency he is trying to create. The science is stressed in order that the reader does not simply dismiss the events of the book as mere sci-fi. He argues successfully that it could happen, and lets hope this book does not serve as a prophecy. Characters are introduced then not revisited, but perhaps this serves to highlight the sheer volume of individuals who would be affected should such an event occur, not just the few select individuas usually concentrated on in films. The film of this book will be fantastic, but I would strongly recommend reading it first.
All in all, a great read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Astonsishingly detailed and vivid picture of London's networks and vulnerabities to Flooding
Entirely written in the present tense, you need to take a deep breath and submerge yourself for a few hours in this rollercoasting, incredibly detailed book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Rasselas

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating
Superbly written and gripping, this lengthy book never bores. It starts off as a storm in the US; a ship sinks off the coast, while storms batter Britain; before you know it, the... Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2007 by Dan the Man

3.0 out of 5 stars What if....taken to the extreme
This book starts well..the author has obviously done his research and the premise is entirely believable especially given global warming and the continual building on flood plain... Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2007 by owen63

5.0 out of 5 stars chilling
Wow, this book has to be the best i've read in a long time. As an eastender it was chilling to read about places that i knew. Read more
Published on 20 April 2007 by cockney girl

5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't normally read thrillers then here's a reason to start.
I was completely gripped by this. I hardly ever read thrillers but this deserves to be given a much higher title than that! Read more
Published on 11 April 2007 by Grey Barnes

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!!
A joy to read! At first i was worried that the writer might drown me in facts (pardon the pun) but he managed to mix fact with emotion wonderfully. Read more
Published on 11 April 2007 by Henry Realto

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're a londoner - you'll want an ordnance survey map at hand
This is an update of the author's 1970's book Deluge (which was written pre-Thames barrier putting forward a good case to have it). Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2007 by DiverKitty

5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling
I'm not usually a great fan of 'faction', however it's on my son's reading list at University and he's been raving about it so I thought I should at least try to read it, well I'm... Read more
Published on 4 April 2006 by chrisdefleur

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW
I couldn't put this book down, I know that sounds awfully cliched but I really couldn't stop turning the pages. Read more
Published on 4 April 2006

5.0 out of 5 stars Unputdownable
This is one book that I have now read 4 times.

The research that has gone into it is immense and I agree with the other reviewers who say that it reads like a documentary. Read more

Published on 5 Jan 2006

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