I remembered it from high school chemistry, one of those experiments where we made hydrogen. It was more of an acidic sensation on the palate than a real smell, but I recognized it. The pile of spent fuel at the bottom was beginning to outgas. Next would come the fire to end all fires....
A private detective working in Wilmington, North Carolina, is found dead in a gas-station restroom, apparently poisoned. But when her body sets off radiation alarms in the pathologist's office, suspicion falls on the nearby Helios nuclear power plant, a heavily guarded facility with supposedly fail-safe procedures.
As the FBI, local police, and the power plant's own security team investigate, ex-cop Cam Richter, head of the agency that employed the dead woman, begins his own inquiries. What was his detective investigating? And how could one person be poisoned by radiation without others being exposed?
Cam soon finds himself up against powerful forces that will stop at nothing to keep the plant's problems secret. The most vulnerable part of Helios is its "moonpool" - the radioactive storage pond that cools spent but volatile reactor fuel and must be kept completely full. Racing against time, Cam discovers an inside threat, a plan to use the plant's own systems to begin an unstoppable, disastrous sequence of events.
The bestselling Deutermann demonstrates how good popular fiction can be. When a woman is found dead in a North Carolina gas station, an investigator discovers a connection to Helios, the nuclear power plant nearby--and to powerful forces with a terrifying agenda. Combining well-researched facts with creative fiction and interesting characters, Deutermann's story is compelling from start to finish. Narrator Mel Foster follows suit with a narration as dark and mysterious as it is strong. Without going over the top Foster creates a shadowy, brooding atmosphere. Further, he seems predestined to read a story such as this as his voice has a particular power that keeps the listener engaged. A truly fun listening experience! L.B. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
About the Creator
P. T. DEUTERMANN spent twenty-six years in military and government service before retiring to begin his writing career. He is the author of thirteen novels and lives with his wife in North Carolina.
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