Dallas Down

by Richard Moran

When, in 1999, a three-year drought necessitates the draining of the vast natural reservoirs beneath the Texas prairie, the land becomes a huge, unstable sinkhole and only two men can prevent the geological disaster

Genres: Thriller

289 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Ross Vincent]

A great Disaster novel. One that, as a resident of the Dallas-Ft Worth area, can relate to the impact on the people living there.

[J. Travis]

Darn good tale, I just wish Richard Moran had a few more novels out. I'd read 'em in a heartbeat. This one wasn't available digitally, and was loaned by a friend. It'd been a while since I had to remember to bring a hardback book along with me, but this one was definitely worth it. Dig it, I think you will.

[mart]

Reads like a made for tv movie from the '70s and '80s. Love it!

[Gail Paremain]

Great action/disaster book.

[Jer Wei]

Nothing great about the story. A retired cave explorer came out of retirement to save the world with his new found love who brought him back out of retirement. It was sort of dramatic but lacked twists.

Otto Ralt's intentions were good I believe, to save his business, and the city during the process. But his means were questionably stupid. Stealing water from a river in Mexico? Bombed the river bed while 5000 Mexican troops were crossing it? How on Earth did he think he could get away doing something so massive without drawing any attention to him. Did he seriously think such plan would work in the long run, let alone the short? The author did, perhaps.

Ending was unrealistic as well. Mexico fired a nuclear missile aimed at Texas, of all choices, in retaliation for its murdered troops. The city has conveniently sunk under because of the sinkholes at the time and the explosion happened deep below ground. No one was hurt, the explosion somehow made it rain the next day ending the five-year drought. US made peace with Mexico and that's that.