Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Hurricane by Arnaldo Ricciulli


Product Description
Daniel Mayhew, a brilliant weather researcher, works with Kelly Delaney, totally dedicated to protecting the environment, to build Sub-Zero, a hurricane suppression system. When Kelly’s theories about a Category Six hurricane are proven true, Sub-Zero is pressed into service. Unknown to either of them, General Stefano Lowe, part of a shadowy group known as the “Lucky Thirteen”, is out to stop them. As Daniel and Kelly fight to disperse the storm, Kelly’s family asks her to come home. They’re convinced the world is entering the “End of Times”. Meanwhile, Daniel’s father—ignoring the signs of a storm approaching, goes sailing. General Stefano Lowe is electrocuted trying to sabotage the system, and the Sub-Zero system successfully disperses the storm. Later, Daniel’s father is found—alive! Taking him to the hospital, Kelly and Daniel realize that they have a future together—even as another storm starts to build.

My thoughts
“Hurricane” reads likes it could be a movie of the week. Not that that is a bad thing. The first two thirds of the book develops the characters and we get to know them and what motivates them. The last third is all about the storm and whether or not these characters will survive. Daniel Mayhew, the lead character develops the hurricane suppression system, and tries to find out why the government backed out of developing yet. Will he be able to use it when the big one hits? Arnaldo Ricciulli story is an interesting one and he created some likable and unlikable characters. I give him kudos for creating this book. What I didn’t like was the smaller the normal typeface and the small margins on the pages. This jammed so many words onto one page, I found it hard to read clearly.

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