Eruption

Book Details

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Author(s):

Michael Crichton; James Patterson

First Pub:

2024

Genre(s):

Adventure; Fiction; Mystery; Suspense; Thriller

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

See 116

Prologue

1 - Hilo, Hawai'i March 28, 2016

Eruption

1 - Honoli'i Beach Park, Hilo, Hawai'i Thursday, April 24, 2025

3 - Merrie Monarch Festival, Hilo, Hawai'i

4 - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawai'i

9 - Summit of Kilauea, Hawai'i

14 - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawai'i

15 - Kilauea Rim, Hawai'i

17 - Kalani VA Hospital, Honolulu, Hawai'i

18 - Agent Black U.S. Military Reserve, Hawai'i Friday, April 25, 2025

19 - The Ice Tube, Mauna Kea, Hawai'i

21 - The Demonstration

23 - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawai'i

24 - County of Hawai'i Civil Defense Buildings, Hilo, Hawai'i

25 - NOAA Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawai'i

27 - Ala Moana Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i

28 - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawai'i

31 - Fagradalsfjall Volcano, Iceland

32 - Kilauea Rim, Hawai'i Saturday, April 26, 2025

33 - The Ice Tube, Muana Lea, Hawai'i

34 - Honoli'i Beach Park, Hilo, Hawai'i

36 - Mauna Loa, Hawai'i

37 - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawai'i

38 - Hilo International Airport, Hilo, Hawai'i

39 - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawai'i

43 - Edith Kanaka'ole Stadium, Hilo, Hawai'i

48 - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawai'i

49 - Outside the Ice Tube, Mauna Kea, Hawai'i

51 - U.S. Military Reserve, Hawai'i Sunday, April 27, 2025

52 - Hale Inu Sports Bar, Hilo, Hawai'i

53 - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawai'i

55 - U.S. Military Reserve, Hawai'i

56 - County of Hawai'i Civil Defense Buildings, Hilo, Hawai'i

57 - Inside Mauna Loa

58 - Inside the Hilo Botanical Gardens, Hawai'i

59 - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawai'i

60 - U.S. Military Reserve, Hawai'i

61 - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawai'i

63 - Mauna Loa, Hawai'i

64 - Hilo Medical Center, Hilo, Hawai'i

66 - Lani Hotel, Hilo, Hawai'i

67 - Palace Theater, Hilo, Hawai'i

69 - Above Mauna Loa, Hawai'i

70 - Mauna Loa, Hawai'i

73 - Outside of Hilo, Hawai'i

74 - U.S. Military Reserve, Hawai'i

75 - Hilo International Airport, Hawai'i

76 - Above the Galápagos Islands

77 - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawai'i

79 - Outside the Ice Tube, Mauna Kea, Hawai'i

80 - Hawai'i Beach Park, Hilo, Hawai'i

81 - U.S. Military Reserve, Hawai'i

83 - Outside the Ice Tubes, Mauna Kea, Hawai'i

84 - Summit Cabin, Mauna Loa, Hawai'i

86 - Above Mauna Loa, Hawai'i

87 - The White House, Washington, DC

88 - Summit Cabin, Mauna Loa, Hawai'i

89 - Na'alehu Police Station, Na'alehu, Hawai'i

90 - Honoli'i Beach Park, Hilo, Hawai'i

91 - U.S. Military Reserve, Hawai'i

92 - Na'alehu, Hawai'i

93 - Mauna Loa, Hawai'i

95 - U.S. Military Reserve, Hawai'i

96 - NOAA Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawai'i

97 - Saddle Road, Hawai'i

98 - U.S. Military Reserve, Hawai'i

99 - Mauna Loa, Hawai'i

100 - U.S. Military Reserve, Hawai'i

101 - Hilo International Airport, Hawai'i

102 - Kaumans Estates, Hawai'i

103 - U.S. Military Reserve, Hawai'i

104 - Somewhere Above the Big Island

105

106 - The Ice Tube, Mauna Kea, Hawai'i

Epilogue - Four Weeks Later

107

108

109

Internal ID:

14214

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

E ko Hawai'i pono'i:
No'oukou i ho'ola'a 'ia a'e ai keia mo'olelo, no ka lahuikanaka o ka
pae 'aina e kaulana nei.

To Hawai'i's own:
This story is dedicated to you, the people of the
famed island chain.

First Sentence:
This early part of the larger story about the volcanic eruption of Mauna Loa became classified information days after it heppened in 2016 at the Hilo Botanical Gardens.

Last Sentence:
May contain spoilers
It was as if nothing had ever happened here.

Comments:
No comments on file

Extract (may contain spoilers)
Later that night, MacGregor flipped through the channels on the TV, looking for local news. When he got to KHON, he heard the reporter say, "We'll have updates on that pending eruption of Mauna Loa, so be sure to stay tuned. In the day's sports news -"

MacGregor's phone rang. Or, rather, phones - landline and cell simultaneously. He glanced at his watch as he answered it. The HVO had an automated telephone alert system that kicked in whenever there were significant changes in the field-monitoring devices. He half expected to hear the flat computer-generated voice calling him back to work, but instead a male voice said, "Dr. John MacGregor?"

"Yes. Speaking."

"This is Lieutenant Leonard Craig. I'm a staff physician at the Kalani VA Hospital in Honolulu."

"Yes?" His first thought was that this must be about Jake Rogers or the cameraman he had fished out of the crater. Or both. Had they been so badly injured that they were taken to Honolulu? "Is this about the helicopter crash?"

"No, sir, it's not. I'm calling about General Bennett."

"Who?"

"General Arthur Bennett. Do you know him?"

MacGregor frowned. "No, I don't think so."

"He's retired now. Perhaps you met him in the past. General Bennett was in charge of all army training installations in the Pacific from 1981 to 2012."

"I wouldn't know him, then. I didn't come here until 2018," MacGregor said.

"That's very odd, because he definitely seems to know you."

"Did he say he knows me?"

"Unfortunately, the general suffered a stroke that left him with one-sided weakness and an inability to speak. But his cognitive functions are still intact. That's why we thought you might know him. Or know about him."

Mac took the phone away from his ear and stared at it for a moment. He wondered if Lieutenant Craig had dialed him by mistake.

"I'm sorry," MacGregor said. "Do you have the right person? I'm a geologist with -"

"The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Yes, sir. We know who you are. Sir, do you know a Colonel Briggs?"

"No, I don't know him either," MacGregor said. "What is this about?" He glanced at the television - they were showing footage from the Merrie Monarch Festival's hula competition in Hilo.

There was a knock at his front door. MacGregor glanced at his watch and said, "Can you hold on? Someone's at my door."

"That will be the car we've sent for you, sir."

"The car you've sent for me?" What the hell?

Added: 03-Nov-2024

Last Updated: 04-Nov-2024

Publications

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Covers

01-Jun-2024
Little, Brown and Company
Hardback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jun-2024

Format:

Hardback

Cover Price:

$32.00

Pages*:

419

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

43822

Publisher:

Little, Brown and Company

ISBN:

0-316-56507-5

ISBN-13:

978-0-316-56507-3

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

John Barnett - Map
Jonathan Exley - Photographer
Getty Images - Cover Images
Gregg Kulik - Jacket Design
Marie Mundaca - Book Design
Roger Taylor - Photographer

Back cover:

A HISTORY-MAKING ERUPTION
IS ABOUT TO DESTROY THE BIG
ISLAND OF HAWAI'I

AND THE U.S. MILITARY HAS
MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE
THAT COULD MEAN THE END
OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT.

Front flap:

THE MASTER OF THE TECHNO-THRILLER JOINS FORCES WITH THE MASTER OF THE MODERN THRILLER TO CREATE THE MOST ANTICIPATED MEGATHRILLER IN YEARS.

Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, and Westworld, had a passion project he'd been pursuing for years, ahead of his untimely passing in 2008. Knowing how special it was, his wife, Sherri Crichton, held back his notes and the partial manuscript until she found the right author to complete it: James Patterson, the world's most popular storyteller.

Back flap:

Michael Crichton remains one of the most popular writers in the world, best known as the author of the global phenomenon Jurassic Park. His books, which have been translated into 40 languages and adapted into 15 films, have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. He wrote a number of global bestsellers, including The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain, Congo, Sphere, Rising Sun, Disclosure, Airframe, and The Great Train Robbery. His influence and creativity extended far beyond books - he was the creator of the landmark television series ER, which ran for 15 seasons, won 23 Primetime Emmy Awards, and received 124 Emmy nominations. He cowrote the screenplays of Jurassic Park and Twister and wrote and directed the film Westworld, which served as the basis for the HBO series. Crichton is the only writer in history to have a #1 book, #1 film, and #1 television series at the same time, and he did it twice.

James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. He is the creator of unforgettable characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride, and of breathtaking true stories about the Kennedys, John Lennon, and Tiger Woods, as well as our military heroes, police officers, and ER nurses. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, told the story of his own life in James Patterson by James Patterson, and received an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Edition: June 2024
Printing 1, 2024
First printing assumed
Canada: $41.00

01-Jun-2024
Little, Brown and Company
Hardback

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Author(s)

Michael Crichton
Birth: 23 Oct 1942 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death: 04 Nov 2008 Los Angeles, CA, USA

Notes:

From the back flap of Rising Sun:

Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, in 1942. He was educated at Harvard College and the Harvard Medical School, and in 1969 was a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California. His novels include The Andromeda Strain, The Terminal Man, The Great Train Robbery, Eaters of the Dead, Congo, Sphere, and Jurassic Park. He is the author of four works of nonfiction: Five Patients, Jasper Johns, Electronic Life, and Travels. Among the films he has directed are Westworld, Coma, and the movie version of his own The Great Train Robbery. In 1988 he was Visiting Writer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

James Patterson
Birth: 22 Mar 1947 Newburgh, New York, USA

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