Book by Gary Hansen

Grant Stevens, a mid-level manager for the Bureau of Reclamation, is caught off guard when his symposium to Kenya is canceled. The Bureau’s executives leave Grant alone in the USA to manage the nation’s water resources.

At the same time an eco-terrorist is executing his plot. He detonates a bomb at the Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell. Grant is dispatched to Lake Powell, where he finds the giant dam is critically damaged, and Lake Powell will shortly drain into the Grand Canyon.
The largest flood in US history is headed down the Grand Canyon towards Hoover Dam, and Grant needs to fly downstream to prepare for the flood. Grant and his team must save Hoover, because if Hoover fails, the other dams downstream will fall like dominoes. Hoover must be saved.

The terrorist strikes again at other dams downstream on the Colorado River and Grant is forced to react to save the water resources of the west and all those along the river.

So begins the final chase as the engineers, the FBI, the bomber and the floodwater converge on the delta where the Colorado River drains into the Gulf of California.

Wet Desert is a unique new book that has been compared to Tom Clancy. It deals with environmental issues honestly. Told from the engineer’s perspective, it offers a refreshing view on the plot.

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