The Hammer of Eden, written by Ken Follett, is a story of a hippie group in northern California, whose mountain home is in danger of becoming a lake. The group takes extraordinary measures to make sure this doesn't happen. Under the leadership of the main character Richard Granger, better known as Priest the group steals a seismic vibrator to cause earthquakes to make sure their valley doesn't become a lake. The story takes a step in the different direction than most Ken Follett books by not using the historical background for the book and reverting to his old style of present times.
Follett tries to bring out a realistic scenario in The Hammer of Eden by using the earthquake prone California as a realistic location for a place to cause an earthquake. The group lives on a plot of land in a valley that is on the verge of being dammed up. Since no one knows of their existence they have to re
The books theme although it was probably not meant was that all good terrorism ideas go bad. Except for mine. The book is fast paced the action parts come one right after the other. This makes the book impossible to put down, it is like an eye magnet.
Once again Follett provides an excellent piece in his book The Hammer of Eden.
main discreet to not be tracked by the FBI. The group decides the easiest way to stop the government from damming the valley is to threaten to cause an earthquake if their demands are not met. Led by Priest they steal a seismic vibrator from a company in Texas.
The group's demands are not met and finally the group is forced to cause an earthquake. The group causes three earthquakes before they finally cut it too close and they don't make it away in time. Most of the group is apprehended except priest who somehow slips away. Finally in the end the damn is
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