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Vulcan's Forge (novel)
''Vulcan's Forge'' is an adventure novel by Jack Du Brul. This is the 1st book featuring the author’s primary protagonist, Philip Mercer. Plot introduction During the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched a secret operation against the United States, detonating a nuclear bomb on the ocean floor and creating a volcano that would take decades to rise to the surface. Now, two hundred miles off Hawaii, an island is forming-an island that holds unimaginable wealth and power for those who control it. As the fight to claim the island rages from the halls of power to the depths of the ocean, Philip Mercer must wage a battle against both man and nature to bring the world back from the edge of destruction. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Du Brul
Jack Du Brul (born October 15, 1968 in Burlington, Vermont) is an American author who writes techno-thriller novels. Early life Du Brul remained in Vermont throughout his childhood. He attended the Westminster School (Connecticut), Westminster School in Connecticut for grades 9 through 12. After college he moved to Florida, where he wrote his first book. He currently lives in Virginia. Career Du Brul's novels focus on his character, Dr. Philip Mercer, a successful mining engineer and geologist, who gets involved in various threats to the world. He has written eight Phillip Mercer books in the series, beginning with ''Vulcan's Forge (Jack Du Brul novel), Vulcan's Forge''. Later, Du Brul co-authored the ''Oregon Files'' novels with Clive Cussler, taking over from Craig Dirgo with the third novel. The latest novel, ''The Oregon Files#Books, Mirage'', was a New York Times bestseller and his last novel in the series. But more recently took on co-authoring the Isaac Bell novels with ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |