Desert Cities Law Offices

Wet Desert, a Novel

Description

Grant Stevens, a mid-level manager for the Bureau of Reclamation, only wanted to build dams. He never imagined he would be swept into a desperate race against an environmental terrorist bent on restoring the Colorado River by blowing up the dams. Left temporarily in charge of the Bureau, Grant must react when the first dam is attacked. He faces the unthinkable task of mitigating the massive flood roaring down the Colorado. The flood will eventually threaten the mighty Hoover Dam, and if Hoover fails, the other dams downstream will fall like dominos. Working with the FBI, Grant uses his engineering skills, river knowledge, and plenty of gut instinct in an attempt to outmaneuver the terrorist. The chase will lead all the way downstream to the Gulf of California in a cat and mouse game where the stakes are high and the potential for destruction is enormous.

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-09-05
Summary: "Fabulous!"

Fabulous read! I loved it. Kept me on the edge of my seat. Read it on my iPhone. Hard to put down. I've been to the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam, so it was very intriguing!

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-09-05
Summary: "Great Book!"

I "swept" (ha!) through this book! I never thought I would find dams in the West so interesting... engineers, rafters, boaters, hikers, terror, deserts, history, environment, federal agents, great characters... An engrossing read! Don't miss this one. Thank you for reading this review.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-09-05
Summary: "Great "guy's" thriller"

I just couldn't put this book down until I finished it. Between the level of technical detail (just right), an engineer as the main protagonist (my previous career) and the pacing of the story, I found myself staying up later and later to find out what happens next. Although, in a post 9/11 world I don't think things would work out so satisfyingly, unfortunately. I really liked this book.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-09-05
Summary: "great read"

Great read! And only $.99! Had three days off to get stuff done and read this book instead.

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Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-09-03
Summary: "Poorly written"

I gave up on this book after a few chapters. It was just too poorly written for me. It's a fairly long book and I just didn't feel like struggling through it hoping it would get better. Apparently there's some right-wing politics involved, but I never even made it that far so I can't comment on that. I do have to question the large number of 5-star reviews here, there may be some politics involved in some of those, because what I read of the book was 1-star material. Too bad too, I was really interested in the concept.