A Shattered City : Earthquake in Seattle Review

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(More customer reviews)A SHATTERED CITY:EARTHQUAKE IN SEATTLE tells the story of a major earthquake hitting Seattle, Washington. A sunny Saturday afternoon in July turns horrific as a 9.1 quake destroys the city and surrounding suburbs. Disaster junkies and Seattleites should find it compelling reading, and it should serve as a wakeup call to those who live in earthquake zones to get those disaster kits together.
A SHATTERED CITY does a decent job describing the disaster and its aftermath. Character development is a bit thin, but the story moves along well, and is compelling enough that you will want to keep reading. Amateur radio operators play a major role in the recovery, so hams will find the novel enjoyable and inspiring.
The novel is a bit over-the-top, not so much in terms of the huge earthquake, but in some of the subplots. There's a "false prophet" who inadvertently predicts the earthquake, and a beautiful private detective searching for a tycoon's long-lost wife by flying around the city in a giant helicopter. All of this just distracts from the main story: how a major city copes with an overwhelming disaster.
A SHATTERED CITY also suffers from very poor editing. I'm not sure it was proofread, let alone edited. There are wild inconsistencies in spelling and capitalization throughout, and numerous instances of poor grammar and usage. While editing isn't a high priority in most mass market paperbacks, the complete lack of it here gives the book a rather amateurish feel.
If you can overlook some of the goofier plotlines and glaring editing problems, A SHATTERED CITY is well worth a read.

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When Max Taylor's wife took his three small sons to ashopping center fifteen miles away, he thought nothing of it. ForPrivate Detective Jackie Harlan, it was payday. She was about toreunite a husband with his missing wife. Then the unthinkable happened-- Seattle suffered a catastrophic EARTHQUAKE !(This novel is dedicated to Ham Radio Operators.)

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