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by Peter Hernon
Adventure/survival
460 pages
Strange things had been happening in and around Kentucky, reports of strange animal activities. Seismologists John Atkins knew animals sometimes acted strange before earthquakes, but had never scene anything like this. Atkins knew seismic activity was increasing, but had no idea what he was about to face. The book 8.4 by Peter Hernon will open your eyes and make you realize the true devastation that can happen during a natural disaster.
The animals are going crazy, the people are seeing weird lights in the sky, water is gushing out of the earth. People are baffled; they have no idea what is going on. Then it happens, an Earthquake hits, a 7.4 on the Richter scale. People are dead. Houses, buildings, anything you can imagine, are demolished. Little do they know this is just the beginning. Aftershocks continue to torment Kentucky, and surrounding states. Then it happens, an 8.4 earthquake, the biggest to hit in 100 years. Its damage is incomprehensible. The quake is felt for miles and miles passing through states and taking out everything in its path.
The main characters in the book are John Atkins and Elizabeth Holloren. Atkins is a Seismologist that is studying the earthquakes that have been taking place. Elizabeth is a college professor that had information concerning the earthquakes and sticks with Atkins through the disaster.
The theme of the book is the devastation of a natural disaster. The earthquakes ruin all the states that were on the New Madrid fault zone. Entire towns are gone, people’s houses are no longer there, people steal from the abandoned stores and kill the people that try to stop them. Normally good people turn evil out of desperation. They lose their homes and family and now will do whatever it takes to survive.
Overall the book wasn’t great. It was a little slow moving and not as exciting as one would expect. An earthquake lover should read this book because it deals a whole lot with earthquakes, but for the rest of the world this book does not come highly recommended.
- Reviewed by candyman
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