The Hammer of Eden

Children of Eden is a novel by Ken Follett, whose original English edition under the title The Hammer of Eden was released in 1998. The German translation was published in 1999.

Content

A small municipality in the U.S. state of California to make way for the construction of a power plant. Such power plants are to be built throughout California. The respective land owners should be compensated for the loss of their land in order to settle new elsewhere can. Since the municipality has the country but only leased, the members will receive no compensation. In order to blackmail the Governor of the State, some members of the community form a terrorist group, the Children of Eden is called. You could trigger an earthquake, unless the construction of all power plants in California is stopped. In order to divert suspicion from themselves and their goals, a false trail is left.

In order to trigger the earthquake, steals the group's leader, Priest, a vibroseis vehicle ( in the book as " seismic vibrator ") and killing its driver. When the governor 's threat not want to give in, is triggered a small earthquake. To accomplish this, helps the seismologist Melanie, who is in the group to obtain data for the lowest points for the creation of an earthquake. Knowing the locations at which the tectonic plates enough pressure has built an earthquake for example, could be triggered with a charge of dynamite.

The FBI entrusted Judy Maddox with the investigation of the case. She is the daughter of an Irish- American father and a Vietnamese mother and intended career with the FBI to make. First she shows up indignant, what a beginner's case was assigned to her, since the threat will trigger an earthquake dismissed as spinning. But gradually begins Maddox to develop interest. At this time, just her supervisor replaced, and the two can not stand each other, you lay these stones continually in the way and finally pulls it back from all of the case. From that moment on, she begins to investigate on your own.