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Combustion

By Steve Worland
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Combustion by Steve Worland is a high-octane crime thriller that revolves around the pursuit of a deadly criminal who threatens global chaos. This fast-paced narrative follows a tenacious protagonist determined to prevent a catastrophic plot, blending action and suspense as they race against time. The story unfolds with gripping twists and turns that keep readers on the edge of their seats.
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Los Angeles. Traffic clogs the streets. Smog chokes the city. And Zac Bunsen is going to burn it all down.

On a ruthless quest to save the planet, Bunsen releases the Swarm, an airborne nanotech virus that targets combustion engines and detonates their fuel supply. It is spectacularly, appallingly successful.

Terror and chaos reign as the City of Angels explodes. Every vehicle is now a deadly bomb and every freeway a war zone littered with bodies and twisted wrecks.

NASA astronaut Judd Bell and his best mate, Aussie chopper pilot Corey Purchase, must navigate the burning city in a desperate mission to stop Bunsen before he can execute the last phase of his horrific plan and send mankind back to the Stone Age.

Combustion is a gripping tale of survival and suspense, set in a world on the brink of disaster.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143567011

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 July 2014

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 201.0mm

Weight: 282g

Pages: 368

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Penguin Books Steve Worland

About the Author

Steve Worland has worked extensively in film and television in Australia and the USA. He has written scripts for Working Title and Icon Productions, worked in script development for James Cameron's Lightstorm and wrote Fox Searchlight's Bootmen, which won five Australian Film Institute awards. Steve also wrote the action-comedy telemovie Hard Knox, episodes of the television series Big Sky and the Saturn award-winning Farscape. He is the author of the action-adventure novels Velocity, Combustion and Quick.

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