The catastrophic power of a giant hurricane can raise coastal waves
thirty feet high and blow through houses at devastating speeds. For TV
meteorologist Perry Stuart, however, such predictions are generally
hypothetical, as he chiefly predicts periods of English drizzle, with
bursts of heavier rain and sunshine to follow. Stuart's profound weather
knowledge and accuracy have given him high status among forecasters, but
no physical baptism by storm. Not, that is, until a fellow forecaster
offers him a Caribbean hurricane-chasing ride in a small airplane as a
holiday diversion. But a frightening accident teaches Stuart more
secrets than wind speeds, and back home in England he faces threats and
danger as deadly as anything nature can evolve. Dick Francis "has simply
never failed. Every one of his opening sentences pulls the reader in,
and doesn't let go until the last, perfect word," according to the
Cleveland Plain Dealer.