GREENVILLE, N.C., Oct. 1, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Deranged genius Dr. Larry Adams disappears after sailing to an uninhabited outer island. All that's left is a notebook with a renewable energy scheme that could eradicate the need for gas and oil. However, two crucial pages are torn from the notebook. Where is Larry and who took the missing pages? Unravel the answers in Larry's Island, a novel by William Meggs.
Larry's Island takes place after the vast petroleum reserves offshore from Cape Hatteras are developed. The USA goes on a petroleum binge while climate, health, and the environment deteriorate. Only the genius of a deranged mathematician-his career washed up and his marriage in ruins-can prevent the collapse of civilization, but the mighty forces of the petroleum profiteers are determined to maintain the status quo. And now, Larry is missing.
Joyce is torn between her mixed loyalties. She is married to the staunch environmentalist Larry Adams yet is the chief attorney of Carolina Energy Conglomerate (CEC), the world's largest petroleum conglomerate. She now holds Larry's last notebook with the renewable energy scheme that could put CEC out of business. Is Larry really dead? Who has torn the missing pages from the notebook? Who was trying to patent Larry's invention to keep it off the market forever?
Meggs' thrilling narrative brings us face to face with the mindless recklessness with which we are careening toward environmental catastrophe. The remarkable characters of Larry's Island confront corporate greed in this suspenseful portrait of a world on the verge of disarray and destruction. It also gives us a wonderful glimpse of how the world would be without pollution. Just imagine a cleaner and healthier place for all of us to live in!
About the Author
William Meggs, a physician, scientist, and writer, lives in coastal North Carolina with his wife, the artist Susan Martin Meggs, whose illustration of the outer banks adorns the cover. His previous book, The Inflammation Cure, discusses the role of inflammation and the environment in chronic disease, and ways to reduce one's risk of a host of diseases related to inflammation.
Larry's Island * by William Meggs
Publication Date: September 9, 2008
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