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USA Today bestselling author Jack Du Brul brings back geologist-adventurer Philip Mercer for an apocalyptic adventure.Hired to lead the excavation of caverns deep beneath Area 51, Philip Mercer finds himself drilling straight into the epicenter of an age-old conspiracy. A reclusive order of Himalayan monks, through special knowledge of the earth’s tectonic movement, has predicted the end of the world—and it is determined to see the prediction unfold accordingly.
Now, with show more icebergs floating through the South Pacific and a thermonuclear bomb set to destroy an island paradise, the stage is set for Armageddon—and it is up to Philip Mercer and the beautiful, mysterious Tisa Nguyan to prevent a cataclysm beyond imagination. show less
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The sixth Philip Mercer book was not Du Brul's best, but it was entertaining. The series is very similar to Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt books, with the primary difference being that the main character is a mining engineer rather than an underwater expert. Deep Fire Rising was a bit more fantastic than the last few Du Brul works. I do like that Du Brul is willing to allow his bad guys and natural disasters actually be bad; that is, when bad people do bad things, good people may actually be hurt or even die. Too many writers (one of my criticisms with Clive Cussler) will give a huge buildup for the calamity of an event, but then pull their punch and find a way for innocent bystanders to miraculously survive unscathed. This book has several show more episodes where innocent people die, which gives the story (as fantastic as it may be), a sense of reality. show less
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Jack Du Brul was born in Burlington, Vermont on October 15, 1968. He is the author of the Philip Mercer series and is currently working with Clive Cussler on co-authoring the New York Times bestselling Oregon Files series. Jack's novel, Lighting Stones, made the iBooks bestseller list in 2015 (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- Deep Fire Rising
- Original publication date
- 2003
- People/Characters
- Philip Mercer; Tisa Nguyen; Harry White; Ira Lasko; Donny Randall
- Important places
- Area 51; Santorini, Greece; Washington, D.C., USA; Las Palmas, Grand Canary Islands
- First words
- Standing at the rail of the mail steamer Loudon, the watcher spat into the clear sea and cursed his stupidity as the tropical town of Anjer receded behind the ship.
- Blurbers
- Child, Lee; Jakes, John
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- Members
- 260
- Popularity
- 125,315
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.53)
- Languages
- Bulgarian, English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 2
