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The Second Signature: A Cyclone Survival Thriller (The Drowning Coast, Band 2) - Softcover
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They fixed it. That was the problem.
Three years after Cyclone Barshan drowned a district that had nowhere to shelter, the Sundarbans have eight new cyclone shelters, properly built, honestly certified, publicly funded. Commander Arjun Basu has trained thirty-two officers to make life-and-death calls without waiting for his permission. Dr. Maya Dutta has spent three years becoming the scientist a government cites to prove it is listening.
Then a second impossible signature forms over the Bay of Bengal.
The design standard behind those eight shelters was set by a careful technical committee, for defensible reasons, with a safety catch written into the small print, a catch that worked exactly as designed, and answered in exactly the time it was built to answer in.
That time was longer than the storm.
As the water rises through halls rated for six-point-one metres and a surge that will not stop at eight, a warden stands on a ladder with her back against a one-metre-square hatch, deciding who gets the last of the air. A fisherman's cooperative launches without authorisation because authorisation cannot reach them in time. And the only people who can stop this from happening a third time are the ones who built the system that let it happen twice, and who now have to explain, under oath, exactly how much of it was nobody's fault at all.
A gripping, meticulously researched disaster thriller about the failures that survive their own good intentions. Perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent survival fiction, climate thrillers, government procedural suspense, and realistic disaster stories.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. They fixed it. That was the problem. Three years after Cyclone Barshan drowned a district that had nowhere to shelter, the Sundarbans have eight new cyclone shelters, properly built, honestly certified, publicly funded. Commander Arjun Basu has trained thirty-two officers to make life-and-death calls without waiting for his permission. Dr. Maya Dutta has spent three years becoming the scientist a government cites to prove it is listening. Then a second impossible signature forms over the Bay of Bengal. The design standard behind those eight shelters was set by a careful technical committee, for defensible reasons, with a safety catch written into the small print, a catch that worked exactly as designed, and answered in exactly the time it was built to answer in. That time was longer than the storm. As the water rises through halls rated for six-point-one metres and a surge that will not stop at eight, a warden stands on a ladder with her back against a one-metre-square hatch, deciding who gets the last of the air. A fisherman's cooperative launches without authorisation because authorisation cannot reach them in time. And the only people who can stop this from happening a third time are the ones who built the system that let it happen twice, and who now have to explain, under oath, exactly how much of it was nobody's fault at all. A gripping, meticulously researched disaster thriller about the failures that survive their own good intentions. Perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent survival fiction, climate thrillers, government procedural suspense, and realistic disaster stories. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798189124204
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. They fixed it. That was the problem. Three years after Cyclone Barshan drowned a district that had nowhere to shelter, the Sundarbans have eight new cyclone shelters, properly built, honestly certified, publicly funded. Commander Arjun Basu has trained thirty-two officers to make life-and-death calls without waiting for his permission. Dr. Maya Dutta has spent three years becoming the scientist a government cites to prove it is listening. Then a second impossible signature forms over the Bay of Bengal. The design standard behind those eight shelters was set by a careful technical committee, for defensible reasons, with a safety catch written into the small print, a catch that worked exactly as designed, and answered in exactly the time it was built to answer in. That time was longer than the storm. As the water rises through halls rated for six-point-one metres and a surge that will not stop at eight, a warden stands on a ladder with her back against a one-metre-square hatch, deciding who gets the last of the air. A fisherman's cooperative launches without authorisation because authorisation cannot reach them in time. And the only people who can stop this from happening a third time are the ones who built the system that let it happen twice, and who now have to explain, under oath, exactly how much of it was nobody's fault at all. A gripping, meticulously researched disaster thriller about the failures that survive their own good intentions. Perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent survival fiction, climate thrillers, government procedural suspense, and realistic disaster stories. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798189124204
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - They fixed it. That was the problem. Three years after Cyclone Barshan drowned a district that had nowhere to shelter, the Sundarbans have eight new cyclone shelters, properly built, honestly certified, publicly funded. Commander Arjun Basu has trained thirty-two officers to make life-and-death calls without waiting for his permission. Dr. Maya Dutta has spent three years becoming the scientist a government cites to prove it is listening. Then a second impossible signature forms over the Bay of Bengal. The design standard behind those eight shelters was set by a careful technical committee, for defensible reasons, with a safety catch written into the small print, a catch that worked exactly as designed, and answered in exactly the time it was built to answer in. That time was longer than the storm. As the water rises through halls rated for six-point-one metres and a surge that will not stop at eight, a warden stands on a ladder with her back against a one-metre-square hatch, deciding who gets the last of the air. A fisherman's cooperative launches without authorisation because authorisation cannot reach them in time. And the only people who can stop this from happening a third time are the ones who built the system that let it happen twice, and who now have to explain, under oath, exactly how much of it was nobody's fault at all. A gripping, meticulously researched disaster thriller about the failures that survive their own good intentions. Perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent survival fiction, climate thrillers, government procedural suspense, and realistic disaster stories. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798189124204
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