Flood

Paperback | 3 February 2003 | Edition Number 1

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London has stood for nearly two thousand years. Until today.

Flood is a devastating and compulsive thriller that reads like fact. The country has suffered floods on an unprecedented scale in recent years, but have we seen the worst, an inundation that threatens millions of lives? Doyle's vision is incontestable, backed up by over twenty-five years of research. Flood is the disaster novel of today. A storm rages over the north of Britain, a troop carrier founders in the Irish Sea, flood indicators go off the scale, the seas are mountainous and a spring tide is about to strike the East Coast. Air sea rescue and military personnel struggle to save lives all down the coast. The worse is yet to come. When the storm reaches the south the two forces of wind and tide will combine and send a huge one-in-a-thousand tidal surge up the Thames. But surely London is safe- the Thames Barrier will save the capital from disaster as it was intended to do? The river is a titanic presence by now, higher than anyone has known it, and the surge thunders towards the Barrier. Scientists begin to talk of the possibility of overtopping. Can fifty feet high gates be overwhelmed by a wave? Then there is an explosion the size of a small Hiroshima- a supertanker is ablaze in the estuary and most of the Essex petrochemical works are going up with it. The Thames catches fire and the wall of fire and water thunders towards Britain's capital. This is the story of what happens next, and the desperate attempts to save the capital from destruction.

Industry Reviews

When a tidal surge meets a spring tide and the mother of all storms crashes down the south-east coast of England, it leaves unimaginable devastation in its wake. The Home Office, at first reluctant to believe that the Met Office's predictions are accurate, eventually orders the closure of the Thames Barrier, the state-of-the-art flood defence system. But the defensive measure is too late for some commuters trapped in the underground, and in low-lying dwellings. Disaster piles on disaster when a 250,000 tonne foreign tanker causes a horrendous accident at an oil depot across the channel from Canvey gas terminal. There is a huge explosion and the conflagration rapidly spreads down the Thames heading towards the seat of government, office blocks and heritage buildings. It quickly becomes apparent that even the most sophisticated technology can fail when pitted against ferocious elements. This is a meticulously researched book; there are descriptions of the workings of the Thames Barrier, planning of helicopter and sea rescues and all the machinery of government and other official organizations. The sense of place is strong and the Aquarium, Dome and London Eye all have starring parts. The devastation is unremitting, but the narrative keeps its hold throughout. The prose is calm and understated, slowly building up levels of unbearable tension as the scale of the crisis escalates and the very existence of London comes under threat. A top-class disaster novel. (Kirkus UK)

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