The Moonpool
A Novel
Reeks: Cam Richter
P. T. Deutermann
- 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
- failsafe
- 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,
- which
- will
- use
- the
- plant's
- own
- systems
- to
- begin
- an
- unstoppable,
- disastrous
- sequence
- of
- events.The
- Moonpool
- is
- a
- terrific
- thrill-ride,
- filled
- with
- insider
- details
- about
- the
- ultimate
- terrorist
- threat
- and
- how
- it
- might unfold.
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