Deluge

By Richard Doyle

Book Overview

London faces the worst disaster in its history...

It was to be the day the American President drove in state through the streets of the UK's capital city.

But the lethal combination of a gigantic freak storm and an unusually high tide launch a devastating thirty-foot surge of water up the Thames.

By the middle of the morning London's streets are already under several feet of water - and the level is still rising.

What follows is a catastrophe on an unimaginable scale.

Homes are swept away by an unprecedented wave of destruction. A power station explodes like a bomb. Parts of the city are flooded to a depth of twenty feet. Countless lives are lost. And there is yet more water to come.

Told with chilling and rigorous detail, Deluge is a terrifyingly convincing imagining of London's ultimate nightmare scenario. Read it if you dare

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'A classic of the disaster genre' ALISTAIR YOUNG

'Cataclysmic' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'Another TOWERING INFERNO' DAILY TELEGRAPH

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913727378
• ISBN13: 9781913727376
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Silvertail Books
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

What if . . .

. . . London flooded? This exciting disaster novel, written in 1976 before the Thames Barrier was built, explores what could happen! Flood co-ordinator Derek Thompson tries to warn the authorities and the public after hearing reports of freak tides and storms in the North Sea, but do they listen? Yes, you've guessed it, the authorities dally over evacuation plans. And to top it all, the US President is due to pay London a visit and Thompson's wife becomes trapped in the Underground as the floods strike in cataclysmic fashion. A barge strikes a hospital, a power station explodes and industrial areas burn out of control threatening people trapped in high-rise housing. Who will live and who will die? A shame this was not made into a movie! Although us UK readers no longer have to fear such a disaster taking place because of the barrier, this novel is still worth reading for excitement and spectacle value.