Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed on + 1568 more book reviews
I thought, "Ho hum, another eco-disaster, but Kevin Anderson usually tells a good story... I'll try it."
ILL WIND is anything but ho hum! Now I'm going to see if Anderson, has teamed up with Beason on anything else; they make a good team.
Fast-moving plot, fascinating characters, good science, and the possibility of a hopeful outcome.
From back cover: It's the largest oil spill in history: a crashed supertanker in San Francisco Bay. Desperate to avert environment damage--a PR disaster--the multinational oil company releases an untested 'designer microbe' to break up the spill. An 'oil-eating' microbe,' designed to consume anything made of petrocarbons: oil, gasoline, synthetic fabrics, and of course plastic.
What the company didn't realize is that their microbe propagates through the air. But when every car in the Bay Area turns up with an empty gas tank, they begin to suspect something is terribly wrong.
And when, in just a few days, eveery piece of plastic in the world has dissolved, it's too late...
ILL WIND is anything but ho hum! Now I'm going to see if Anderson, has teamed up with Beason on anything else; they make a good team.
Fast-moving plot, fascinating characters, good science, and the possibility of a hopeful outcome.
From back cover: It's the largest oil spill in history: a crashed supertanker in San Francisco Bay. Desperate to avert environment damage--a PR disaster--the multinational oil company releases an untested 'designer microbe' to break up the spill. An 'oil-eating' microbe,' designed to consume anything made of petrocarbons: oil, gasoline, synthetic fabrics, and of course plastic.
What the company didn't realize is that their microbe propagates through the air. But when every car in the Bay Area turns up with an empty gas tank, they begin to suspect something is terribly wrong.
And when, in just a few days, eveery piece of plastic in the world has dissolved, it's too late...
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