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Goodbye California

By: Alistair MacLean
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Reissue of the classic tale of terrorism, where a criminal fanatic is hell-bent on blasting San Francisco into the ocean, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

'Earthquake country,' said the Professor. 'San Francisco is geologically and seismologically a city that waits to die. Los Angeles is ringed by earthquake centres – seven massive quakes so far. We have no idea where the next, the monster, will hit…'

…until a criminal fanatic kidnaps a nuclear scientist and builds his own atomic bombs. If exploded on California's fault lines they could trigger off the mightiest earthquake of them all – killing half its population and dumping the entire city of San Francisco into the sea.

Goodbye California…

©1977 HarperCollinsPublishers (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Action & Adventure Crime Thrillers Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Spies & Politics Suspense Technothrillers Terrorism Thriller & Suspense Natural Disaster San Francisco

Critic reviews

'His best since H.M.S. Ulysses' Sunday Times

'Holds the reader to the final suspenseful page' Sunday Telegraph

‘The most successful British novelist of his time’ Jack Higgins
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I’ve always been a big fan of Alistair MacLean but this story just seems to ramble on. I gave up half way through.

Not great - just rambles on.

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This is definitely the worst of his books that I know. One is soon left with the overriding feeling, “who cares?” The narrator’s voice is harsh and grating making this almost unpleasant to listen to.

Rambling pointless story

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