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Larry LaVoie

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The Yellowstone Brief

By LARRY LAVOIE Copyright 2014 Larry LaVoie

Reviewed by, Arwin Blue





Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1502419793
ISBN-13: 978-1502419798


Imagine you are thrown into a plan to divert the lava flow from an erupting volcano that threatens to destroy a nearby town by the Sea of Cortez in Mexico. However, you may be a leading volcanologist; you have no idea about how to begin a task that has never been done before. You find the military has a great need to implement a machine once thought never to exist to achieve this plan. Your head is spinning and just when you think you know the direction of this unimaginable task everyone you knew at the volcanic site is dead. You find a helicopter at the site, strap in, start the ignition to avoid being destroyed by the now erupting volcano; up, up you go flying high and away from the ensuing cloud of ash and gasses. Then terror strikes and you find yourself plummeting toward the ground. You crash in this hot, inimical terrain. If you are David Wayne the renowned volcanologist you know about all of this far too well.

In this grand book of suspense, it takes the reader to Mexico remote Alaska, Washington DC, Oregon and last but not least Yellowstone Park. David finds himself in the middle of more than an erupting volcano after he begins to sort things out. There are people from the FBI questioning him; there is a crooked man who is the CEO of something called Green Keepers who apparently has ties to terrorists. The President of the United States is involved. The cast of characters grows, and the plot thickens.

Everyone is scrambling to avert the biggest disaster to threaten the known world since man has been recording history. That global terror would be the impending eruption of Yellowstone Park. Yellowstone Park is a super volcano and appears to be ready to blow. Will David with the help of others orchestrate a plan to quell the eruption of a volcano so immense it could plunge the known world into the next ice age? Will he survive?

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My Thoughts

In the author Larry Lavoie’s book, The Yellowstone Brief the reader is taken into the fascinating world of volcanology. After reading this book, though I had a thread of knowledge about the science, it was surely enhanced by the completion of this novel. The descriptions of the actual science and the fact that Yellow Stone Park is indeed a super volcano, which thankfully is not currently ready to blow, made this book all that more interesting.

The facts pertaining to the science weave into an interesting plot filled with believable characters. I found myself finishing one chapter and wondering as I read the following chapter what would become of the previous character(s). I felt the dilemma behind Mr David Wayne, Heather the FBI agent, Trick (a close friend of David’s), and the rest of the characters. The tragic situation that David the volcanologist went through at the Mexican volcanic site had me tensing up rooting for him to escape in time. There were many sections of this book that brought my emotions to the edge.

The entire episode with Heather and the ruthless terrorists, the impending doom and suspense experienced when you read about the shaking from the earthquakes in Yellowstone contributed to the excitement and tension felt throughout. All of the environmental changes that scream to the reader DANGER! The danger indeed was over the next hill sort of speak. Everywhere they turned it lurked in the shadows. The action sequences have the reader on the edge of their seat, tensing up and thinking how horrible it would be to find themselves in the same situation.

I find when the writing can transport the reader into the shoes of the characters to feel their fright, and wonder what they would do in their situation, it is excellent writing. This book did just that.

Would I recommend this book? Yes, I would. It is well done and well worth the read.

Five stars!
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