Thunderbird and Whale

by Jan Glarum

I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when I first heard about Thunderbird and Whale. I had been following Jan Glarum’s professional comments about disaster recovery on LinkedIn for quite a while, and appreciated them, so I felt obliged to check out the book. (After all, I’m a fellow author. And I really liked the cover art.)

What a pleasure it was to read – and, frankly, to keep remembering because the information in his STORY keeps being referenced in other industry REPORTS!

And there’s the beauty of fiction. Good fiction captures the imagination, tugs at emotions, and pulls you in all while doing a great job of teaching.

Thunderbird and Whale is a story of what might happen along the Oregon coast following the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami.

But far more than just the science, the book weaves in the destinies of a small group of neighbors – how they prepare, how they are separated, how some of them survive. Oh, and there’s some romance along the way to make it more fun – and more poignant.

It took me a while to get into the story, but once I was in, I didn’t put the book down. And even weeks after I finished it, certain of the dramatic disaster images that Jan paints keep resurfacing, again and again.

If you live in the Pacific Northwest, or are a student of emergency preparedness, you’ll appreciate Thunderbird and Whale for what you’ll learn.  You may be inspired to apply some of its suggestions in your own community, no matter where you’re located. And maybe, like me, you’ll carry some of the important images with you for a while.

Find out more and buy the book by clicking on the cover image or on the Amazon link below:

Thunderbird and Whale (Earth Fire Wind Trilogy Book 1)

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