Volcano Fiction

It was supposed to be a fun camping trip. Tom and Kevin had been looking forward to it all summer. Kevin had never camped before, and Tom couldn't wait to show his friend how to fish and survive in the wilderness. But when the long-dormant volcano erupts, their fun trip vanishes, replaced by a mad dash for survival. Tom and Kevin have to use their smarts to outrun the lava spilling madly from the volcano's peak.

Are you ready for the end of the world? Brace yourself for a thrilling ride as the Earth is delivered a mortal blow in BROKEN EARTH, a gripping new thriller series. On a typical Tuesday in an average July week, all of Iceland's volcanoes erupt at once, followed by the complete destruction of the Azores Archipelago and the violent sundering of the Atlantic Ocean. Millions are dead, and the Earth is left in ruins. Is this the beginning of the end? As calamity strikes, the best and worst of humanity is brought to the surface. In Nebraska, former USGS geologist Ben Stone prepares for Armageddon...

A supervolcanic eruption in Yellowstone Park sends lava and mud flowing toward populated areas, and clouds of ash drifting across the country. The fallout destroys crops and livestock, clogs machinery, and makes cities uninhabitable. Those who survive find themselves caught in an apocalyptic catastrophe in which humanity has no choice but to rise from the ashes and recreate the world.

When an extinct Alaskan peak roars back to life, geologist Sam Shore and volcanologist Irina Toropova find themselves at the epicenter of a catastrophe no one saw coming—except one woman. A dead scientist’s impossible theory. A mountain that should have slept forever. A planet edging toward its breaking point. Susan Shore died chasing a theory the scientific world dismissed. A cascading chain reaction beneath the mantle capable of triggering a global seismic collapse. But when Mount Merryman—quiet for millennia—detonates along the Ring of Fire and the Anchorage basin buckles under ...

When Cam’s family decides to go to a luau during their vacation in Hawaii, he decides to stay behind to play some video games in the hotel. Lost in gaming euphoria, Cam slowly begins to realize that the rumbling noises aren’t coming from the TV—the entire hotel is shaking. Cam glances out the window of his hotel room just in time to see the nearby “inactive” volcano explode.

A cataclysmic earthquake shatters the Cascadia Subduction Zone, triggering massive tremors, 100-foot tsunamis, and the collapse of entire cities. The destruction spirals across the West Coast and beyond, ripping open the San Andreas fault and other hidden fractures in the Earth's crust. Civilization unravels, leaving the once-thriving West Coast in ruins. But the true nightmare is just beginning. In Oregon, the ground refuses to settle. New and terrifying threats emerge as the survivors struggle to make sense of a world torn apart. Among them are Reed Walker, a battle-hardened EMT from ...

The Volcano Lover follows the fortunes of a British ambassador, the ravishing woman he marries, and the young British admiral with whom she falls in love. Set in 18th-century Naples and based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, the novel is peopled with many of the great figures of the day.

Max Axiom explains the science behind volcanoes!

A volcanic situation turns deadly! Dr. June Kato travels to the Big Island of Hawaii to assist in delicate surgery on a beloved island kahuna. As soon as she gets there, she discovers the conditions are a lot more difficult than what she had been told. Uncooperative surgeons, lava flowing uncontrolled from an erupting volcano, and a patient that refuses to leave the hospital for a safer location give June every reason to just walk away. But she doesn't.

Are you ready for the end of the world? Brace yourself for a thrilling ride as the Earth is delivered a mortal blow in BROKEN EARTH: DESTRUCTION, the first book in a gripping new thriller series. On a typical Tuesday in an average July week, all of Iceland's volcanoes erupt at once, followed by the complete destruction of the Azores Archipelago and the violent sundering of the Atlantic Ocean. Millions are dead and the Earth is left in ruins. Is this the beginning of the end? As calamity strikes, the best and worst of humanity is brought to the surface. In Nebraska, former USGS geologist Ben...

Having a hot time on their Christmas honeymoon! After a wedding fit for royalty, Maile, Steve and Nancy hit the road for a honeymoon that won't soon be forgotten. Do they go to a lovely beach resort on Maui? Sightseeing on Kauai? Peace and quiet on Molokai? Disneyland? Forget that. They go to the Big Island where an erupting volcano awaits them! No sooner do they arrive when lava flows in the direction of their secluded little inn high in the rainforest. That's not their only trouble. On a hike in the woods, they find a homeless man barely clinging to life and rush him to the hospital. It ...

Learn about the science and history of volcanoes with iMindsJNR audio-learning series for younger minds. A volcano is an opening in the earth's surface through which molten rock, gases and debris can escape. The mound commonly associated with volcanoes is what remains after eruptions have collected and hardened around this opening.Volcanoes exist in the mythology of numerous countries, such as Iceland and Japan. Many past cultures, such as the Greeks and the Romans, also had volcano mythology.

1816 was a remarkable year - mostly for the fact that there was no summer. As a result of a volcanic eruption at Mount Tambora in Indonesia, weather patterns were disrupted worldwide for months, allowing for excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern US and Europe in the summer of 1816.  

Geologist Otto Lidenbrock is perusing an ancient Icelandic manuscript when he discovers a mysterious encrypted note. The message reveals the account of a sixteenth-century explorer who claims to have found a passageway to the center of the earth. In his quest to penetrate the planet’s...

Ring of Fire Series Book 2 Two months after Alaska, the earth is restless again. Off the coast of Japan, the Pacific begins to boil. Gas vents rip open the seafloor along the Japan Trench. Deep tremors roll beneath Tokyo. Then the rupture comes—a megathrust earthquake powerful enough to shift the planet’s balance. But the quake is only the beginning. Volcanoes erupt in sequence across Japan’s arc. Tsunamis hammer the coast. Ash swallows the sky. Across the western Pacific, the Philippines and Indonesia begin to stir. Geologist Sam Shore and volcanologist Irina Toropova recognize the ...

The ground beneath Yellowstone is moving. The data says it shouldn't be. When seismologist Mara Ellison detects an abnormal low-frequency signal beneath Yellowstone, the evidence is subtle enough to dismiss—until monitoring stations begin failing and the disturbance starts appearing where the models say it cannot. Then federal officials arrive. Buried inside restricted records is Yellowstone Protocol, a secret intervention program designed to stabilize one of the most volatile geological systems on Earth. Its engineers believed they could relieve pressure, redirect instability, and ...

The volcano beneath her town is seething, and the town's fate now rests in the hands of an emergency planner with a twisted agenda. The mayor's death is personal for investigators Cassie Oldfield and Walter Shaws. This is their hometown. They are desperate to save their families and friends. Their field is forensic geology, and they know how to track mineral clues to find out where the mayor went and what she found.

When does a 47-year-old woman became the hero in an apocalyptic world? After the world is shattered, Margaret finds herself forced out of her chosen role as a mother back to her former life as a military commander. Finding herself in charge of a surviving community desperate for order, she needs to rely on all the skills she learned in the military, and as a mother, to navigate the betrayal, resource wars, and shifting allegiances of the new world. As a soldier, she knows how to give orders and make sure they are obeyed. As a mother, she knows how to sacrifice for others and fight for the ...

Thrilling science fiction based on possible real events. The Earth's surface is partially destroyed after the Supervolcano Yellowstone erupted, killing many people and forcing more to flee away from the destruction as the planet plunges into Volcanic Winter. Harris Grant has seen his town destroyed, his parents murdered, death of crops and animals resulting in widespread cannibalism, while he starves. He walks North, fleeing the noxious pyroclastic gases, burning magma, seeking sunshine and safer climates. Can he find a safer life? How is Area 51 connected to this? How will the Earth ...

Volcanoes have fascinated - and terrified - people for ages. They have destroyed cities and ended civilizations. In this book, John Dvorak, the acclaimed author of Earthquake Storms, looks into the early years of volcanology and its "father", Thomas Jaggar. Jaggar was the youngest of five scientists to investigate the explosion of Mount Pelee in Martinique, which leveled the entire city of St. Pierre and killed its entire population in two minutes.