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    Rogue Wave: A Novel
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    Rogue Wave: A Novel

    Written by Boyd Morrison

    Narrated by Pete Cross

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    About this audiobook

    A minor seismic disturbance in a remote section of the Pacific causes barely a ripple of concern for Kai Tanaka, acting director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu. But when an airliner en route from L.A. to Sydney vanishes in the same location, Kai is the first to realize that a mysterious explosion has unleashed a series of massive waves destined to obliterate Hawaii.

    In just one hour, Kai will lose all he has ever known—including his wife and daughter—unless he can save them from nature's most destructive force.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateJan 21, 2019
    ISBN9781974931729
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    Rogue Wave: A Novel
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    Boyd Morrison

    Boyd Morrison has a Ph.D. in industrial engineering and has worked for NASA, Microsoft’s Xbox Games Group, and Thomson-RCA. In 2003, he fulfilled a lifelong dream and became a Jeopardy! champion. He is also a professional actor who has appeared in commercials, stage plays, and films. He lives with his wife in Seattle.

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    • 3/5
      Quick read; interesting premise. Good airport book!
    • 4/5
      Rogue Wave had me at the first page. Boyd Morrison doesn't fail in bringing this "edge of your seat" suspense thriller that will keep you spellbound to the very end. You'll be drawn in from page one with his very believable characters that will leave you with a lasting impression of their lives and their determination to live. In Rogue Wave Morrison has done his research and displays a true setting for a very real tsunami disaster that makes you think "it's not if, it's when."Rogue Wave will bring to mind just how tragic the December 2004 tsunami really was and how it affected everyone across the globe.
    • 4/5
      Wish I could say I liked it...I wanted too because it was about my birth place, Hawaii. Rogue Wave is a story about people and their reaction to disaster. Even though this was more like a made for TV movie, I found myself becoming involved as beloved hotels and landmarks gave way to the never ending waves. By the end I loved it more that I realized. Thanks Boyd Morrison.
    • 4/5
      I'm a disaster junkie. By this, I mean that I cannot seem to resist disaster movies (to my husband's great chagrin) and novels as well. I think it may be due to the fact that I was born in '71 and remember watching too many made-for-tv disaster flicks to count. LOL Anyway, when I read the blurb on this one, I just had to give it a try. It was quite and interesting read, though I will admit that somewhere along the way, I got a bit distracted by the increasing unbelievability of the way the main characters seemed to continually avoid major injury and/or death. They just seemed to be leading charmed lives. This resolved itself a bit at the end, but by then I'd gotten used to everyone surviving against insurmountable odds and instead of lending a more realistic feel to the novel, it just annoyed me. Still, there is something to be said for how much time and energy the author spent in trying to help us get to know the characters as "real" people. The inner struggles and angst was perhaps more realistic than many other novels of this ilk, though in the end, many of them settled into cliched roles. It took longer than I expected for the "jerk who's only concerned about himself" character to appear, but sure enough, he did. The end of the book felt somewhat rushed, as though once the final wave struck, the author was through with the story and just tacked on a bit more to keep it from stopping cold. I would have liked a bit less of the "running for you life from each successive wave" and a bit more of how everyone coped with the aftermath. In general, I enjoyed the book because I have always enjoyed this genre, but when it was all said and done, I was left feeling marginally disappointed. Still, I would recommend the book to anyone who likes this kind of story. I certainly have read worse.
    • 4/5
      At the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii, Kai Tanaka struggles to understand a string of events unfolding in the Pacific: a relatively minor earthquake; loss of all contact with Christmas Island, where a warning buoy would have given him data to determine the size of any resulting tsunami; reports of an airliner gone down over the earthquake site. All of it points to an event which has been dismissively discussed among tsunami experts over the years: a meteorite strike. At risk to his career, he puts out a tsunami warning with little but instinct to support him, and the islands slowly begin to respond as it becomes obvious that a series of monstrous waves, higher than any in modern history, are going to arrive in less than 90 minutes and level most of the area.This is a fast-paced thriller and would make a great disaster movie. The characters are interesting, not all the good guys survive, and the drama of the main characters dealing with each higher wave (the third of the four is 200 feet high, and the fourth much worse) while buildings collapse and people are swept away, would be thrilling on the big screen.
    • 5/5
      Boyd Morrison resurrects a lost art formAs a child of the seventies, I have a lingering affection for an all but lost art form—the disaster thriller. Remember the fun of first reading (and then watching) classics like The Poseidon Adventure, Airport, and The Towering Inferno? Good times.Novelist Boyd Morrison has transported me back to that era with his latest, Rogue Wave. (Well, at least it’s his latest for mainstream publication. It was originally published via Kindle under the title The Palmyra Impact.) The formerly eponymous impact is that of an asteroid in the Pacific, which is the cause of the currently eponymous rogue wave. Today it’s a tsunami; if we were back in the seventies, we’d simply call it a tidal wave—a big one—and it’s heading straight for Hawaii.One person who is immediately aware of the jeopardy is Kai Tanaka, the acting director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu. You’d think he’d be exactly the person to get out a warning in this situation, but things are never that cut and dried. “Sending out a tsunami warning would be a bold step. The situation didn’t fit any established scenarios. He would simply be going on gut. Issuing a tsunami warning was not a responsibility that he took lightly, particularly because he’d been on the job for less than a year. Doing so would cause a massive disruption to businesses and tourists in Hawaii, not to mention the enormous cost associated with an evacuation.” Soon enough, however, the magnitude of the event becomes clear… “A catastrophe of epic proportions,” and Tai and a small band of others do all that they can to save as many lives as possible.The timeline of this novel is ridiculously compressed, with the bulk of the action taking place over about three hours. The pace of this story is petal to the metal all the way—often literally. The novel isn’t about a heroic effort to save Honolulu, it’s about one man’s struggle to get a message out and save the people he loves. Kai battles against all manner of impediment as he races against Mother Nature. You will be holding your breath as you wait to see who will live and who will die. Revel in the destruction! Dare we hope for a film?
    • 4/5
      The Tsunami Countdown by Boyd Morrison 3.75/5

      This is a very competent disaster book (I almost said movie, which I guess shows you my feelings for this book). It is a very easily digestible blend of action and disaster. This is a popcorn book that can be consumed in one go. It won’t stick with you but neither did “The Towering Inferno or The Core,” but they kept you on the edge of your seat and were worth the price of admission.