The Decades-Long Journey to Publishing Michael Crichton and James Patterson'sEruption
Briefly

It was early in our relationship, when he said he had this book that was set in Hawaii and based on a volcano, she remembers. He would scratch his head-he was constantly working on it in his mind.
Set on the Big Island, Eruption is an epic thriller about an impending volcanic eruption, and a government secret with potentially fatal implications. At the center of it all is John MacGregor, or Mac, a 30-something geologist who must lead a team of researchers through increasingly dangerous territory all while trying to save the lives of as many people as he can.
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