Overload

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.