Eruption

The Big Island of Hawaii is about to experience the largest volcanic eruption in a century — and Dr. John "Mac" MacGregor, head of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, has just days to prepare a population of tens of thousands for the coming devastation. But as Mac and his team race against Mauna Loa's countdown, he uncovers a decades-old secret buried by the U.S. military deep within the volcano's lava tubes: a cache of dangerous, long-hidden chemical agents left over from a Cold War–era program. If the lava reaches it, the resulting catastrophe could extend far beyond Hawaii's shores, threatening life across the globe. As military officials descend to seize control of the crisis, Mac must fight to save both the island and the truth — navigating bureaucracy, buried secrets, and a ticking natural clock, all while the ground beneath him quite literally begins to give way. Completed by James Patterson from an unfinished manuscript left behind at Michael Crichton's death, *Eruption* blends Crichton's meticulous scientific grounding with Patterson's high-velocity storytelling for a disaster thriller on an epic scale — the kind of high-concept, science-driven blockbuster that made both authors legends of the genre.