Overload
by Arthur Hailey
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The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hotel and Airport "hits with another blockbuster," a terrorist take-down of California's power grid (The Observer). In the middle of a sweltering July heat wave that has no end in sight, California's Golden State Power and Light is on overload. An emergency brownout is already in effect. Then, GSP&L's newest and largest generator explodes.
With four people dead and a widespread loss of power, a fringe group takes responsibility. But for GSP&L vice president Nim Goldman and his family; his adversary, investigative reporter Nancy Molineaux; detective Harry London; and beautiful quadriplegic Karen Sloan, whose every breath depends on electric power, the terror is just beginning . . . A dramatic and timely story of the people and the events leading to a crisis, Overload presents a fascinating view of the little-known world of electric power production that is vital to contemporary life.
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Arthur Hailey, 1st published in 1979, Adult, Adventure, Fiction, Literature, Book, Books, Novel, Hardcover, Paperback, e-book, Crime, Greed, USA Electric utilities, Electrical power, Corrupt practices, Suspense, Terrorism, Thriller, Fiction in English, English fiction, Fiction, general, Novela inglesa, Traducciones al español, African Americans, FolklorePlaces
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Overload
1979, Doubleday and Company, Inc.
Hardcover
in English
- 1st ed. Doubleday & Co. '79
0385021046 9780385021043
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In the middle of a sweltering July heat wave that has no end in sight, California’s Golden State Power and Light is on overload. An emergency brownout is already in effect. Then, GSP&L’s newest and largest generator explodes. With four people dead and a widespread loss of power, a fringe group takes responsibility. But for GSP&L vice president Nim Goldman and his family; his adversary, investigative reporter Nancy Molineaux; detective Harry London; and beautiful quadriplegic Karen Sloan, whose every breath depends on electric power, the terror is just beginning . . .
A dramatic and timely story of the people and the events leading to a crisis, Overload presents a fascinating view of the little-known world of electric power production that is vital to contemporary life.
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