Hundreds of white-hot meteor fragments plunge toward Earth near Monterey Bay, California. Huge fires ignite the tinder-dry landscape and, as the sun sets, the power grid collapses and the fires grow, illuminating a nightmare created in hell itself. Donovan Nash realizes he is trapped.
Injured and growing desperate, his options dwindling, Donovan fights to keep himself and a small band of survivors alive until dawn, when they can make one last attempt to escape the inferno.
Meanwhile, Donovan's wife, Dr. Lauren McKenna, working with the Pentagon as well as the Forest Service, envisions a bold approach to stop the fire from spreading all the way to the Bay Area and the seven million residents living there. She's terrified that, if not executed perfectly, her plan could cause the death of thousands of people—including Donovan.
"Powerful, unrelenting action drives Donlay's eighth adventure novel... few thriller fans will be able to resist the breakneck pace."
—Publishers Weekly
"This is a story so energetic and realistically portrayed that smoke seems to drift from the book's pages. With whirlwind, high-tension action, Speed the Dawn is a quintessential disaster novel and a high-concept thriller."
—Foreword Reviews
"This action-packed narrative will keep the reader on the edge of their seat, turning page after page, the tension palpable. Thriller fans will be delighted."
—InD'Tale Magazine
"Fast paced, spellbinding, and packed with exhilarating thrills and chills, Speed the Dawn is a well-written and electrifying novel."
—New York Journal of Books
"The book opens with riveting excitement and never stops. It is a fast-paced, frantic and wild roller coaster ride to the end."
—Fresh Books
Oceanview Publishing, hardcover, March 2018, ISBN: 9781608092307