The story starts out with 5 hostages in Spain, and you think it's going to be about these hostages and it is but suddenly they aren't hostages and instead you and they are suddenly thrown into Britain during severe storms and flooding. These people have been out of it for a while, their emotional responses are screwed up and maybe that's why the author uses the hostage scenario, keeping emotions to a minimum while the flood takes over. And that is what this story is about, the flood and the reasons behind it. Whether these people and the rest of humanity survives is a moot point.
The first character is American military, one is a climatologist, one is British military, one is a woman with a baby, don't remember what she does, in her case it seems to be all about the baby. And if you think "aha" the baby, that's where the author will place all the emotive stuff! Nope, guess again.
The story bounces all over the world via the main characters and the second tier characters (mostly scientists and one obnoxious super rich guy) essentially showing us how governments and people react to catastrophe. It crosses nearly 4 decades, yet it is not emotionally wrenching, uplifting, thought provoking, etc. It is not a book I had trouble reading, it wasn't boring, but it certainly wasn't exciting either. It was there, to be read, to see if there is any kind of an ending worth the effort. Mainly it was an exercise in watching how the world might end but from very far away.
I'd say read it if you're interested in odd geologic science but not for "damn that was good!" story telling.
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