Overload (Digital Original) (Top Ser.)

By: Arthur Hailey

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Synopsis: The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Hotel and Airport &“hits with another blockbuster,&” a terrorist takedown of California&’s power grid (The Observer). In the middle of a sweltering July heat wave that has no end in sight, California&’s Golden State Power and Light is on overload. An emergency brownout is already in effect. Then, GSP&L&’s newest and largest generator explodes. With four people dead and a widespread loss of power, a fringe group takes responsibility. But for GSP&L vice president Nim Goldman and his family; his adversary, investigative reporter Nancy Molineaux; detective Harry London; and beautiful quadriplegic Karen Sloan, whose every breath depends on electric power, the terror is just beginning . . . A dramatic and timely story of the people and the events leading to a crisis, Overload presents a fascinating view of the little-known world of electric power production that is vital to contemporary life.