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Overload

By: Arthur Hailey
Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
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The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hotel and Airport “hits with another blockbuster,” a terrorist takedown of California’s power grid (The Observer).

In the middle of a sweltering July heat wave that has no end in sight, California’s Golden State Power and Light is on overload. An emergency brownout is already in effect. Then, GSP&L’s newest and largest generator explodes. With four people dead and a widespread loss of power, a fringe group takes responsibility. But for GSP&L vice president Nim Goldman and his family; his adversary, investigative reporter Nancy Molineaux; detective Harry London; and beautiful quadriplegic Karen Sloan, whose every breath depends on electric power, the terror is just beginning . . .

A dramatic and timely story of the people and the events leading to a crisis, Overload presents a fascinating view of the little-known world of electric power production that is vital to contemporary life.

©1978, 1979 by Arthur Hailey. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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I enjoyed the narration but the book itself was a little long winded in part. A fairly dry topic brought to life with the protagonists lust for his life and work

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