Boiling Point

Chaiten, a long-dormant volcano in Chile, fuses the destinies of two microbiologists, a celebrity scientist, and a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who waits for the one sign that his diabolical plan is about to be put into motion. For the Earth has become a pawn in the biggest gamble ever played with humanity's future-and Chaiten is about to blow. "As Chaitén sleeps, two microbiologists monitor the effects of global warming in the shadow of the long-dormant volcano. A celebrity scientist and his film crew arrive at the caldera to capture Chaitén's spectaculary scenery for a television audience. And a Nobel Prize-winning scientist sits in his apartment in Paris, monitoring data on fifty-six volcanoes around the world--waiting for the one sign that his diabolical plan is about to be put into motion. Soon, their destinies will converge, for Earth has become a pawn in the biggest gamble every played with humanity's future. And Chaitén is about to blow"--Publisher description