{"product_id":"stick-slip-9781497349513","title":"Stick-Slip","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeep beneath the Pacific Northwest lies the Cascadia subduction zone-an earthquake factory that is long overdue for a \"big one.\" Tensions have been building for over three centuries, and it's not a matter of \u003ci\u003eif\u003c\/i\u003e but \u003ci\u003ewhen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ehow big\u003c\/i\u003e. Retired earthquake expert Carl Strega thinks he may know, and it's much sooner than anyone would like to think. But he can't rush his discovery to the scientific community or the media just yet because his data is based on a cutting edge, unproven branch of chaos theory. Avoiding the destruction of his reputation and mass hysteria is the order of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl secretly assembles a team of local university researchers to put his theory to the test, but they only have so much time. Before they're finished, word gets out that a magnitude-nine earthquake is going to rock the Pacific Northwest in less than a year. Panic ensues, as does a backlash against the scientists-all of which slows their progress toward confirming if it's even true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ever-present clock ticks down in this high-stakes thriller, as one cutting edge scientist desperately races to save countless lives, while many attempt to destroy his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Scholz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781497349513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Scholz is an expert in earthquake physics and a professor of geophysics at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. He is the author of the monograph \u003ci\u003eThe Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting\u003c\/i\u003e, the memoir \u003ci\u003eFieldwork: A Geologist's Memoir of the Kalahari\u003c\/i\u003e, and over 250 scientific papers. The great magnitude-nine earthquake in Tohoku-oki, Japan, and its subsequent tsunami greatly influenced Scholz's new science fiction thriller \u003ci\u003eStick-Slip\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48396196511859,"sku":"9.7815E+12","price":16.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4992210f-79f9-48ff-8191-a518d40558cc.jpg?v=1790079093","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/stick-slip-9781497349513","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}