# Nearshore by Steve Hawk (Hardback)

**“An exceptionally thoughtful literary thriller. In the depth and breadth of its story, in the lyricism of its prose, _Nearshore_ will surely establish Steve Hawk as a writer to be reckoned with.”  
—Kem Nunn, author of _Tapping the Source_, _Dogs of Winter_, and _Tijuana Straits_  
  
“The deadly whirlpool of wealth, amorality, and nuclear terror that animates the plot of _Nearshore_ feels timely in a thousand uncomfortable ways. This is a spectacular debut novel by an extraordinary talent.”  
—Martin J. Smith, author of _Combustion_**  
  
Daybreak, West Virginia: A “small” nuclear bomb detonates beside an Appalachia highway. The weapon’s explosive yield is meager, the death count blessedly low. And yet—it is history’s first act of nuclear terrorism, and it threatens to tilt the world beyond reckoning.  
  
Months later, surfer and lifeguard Jamie Palmer is patrolling his domain, a treacherous stretch of wild California coast, when he responds to a mysterious nearshore boating accident that has jettisoned two people overboard. The victims turn out to be Palmer’s best friend—a brilliant, renegade Stanford University professor—and the man’s teenage son, Luca. The professor drowns, Luca survives—leaving Palmer the boy’s guardian.  
  
Soon after, Chelsea Wu, a math prodigy and doctoral student, confides to Palmer that she and the professor unearthed a link between a Silicon Valley megacorporation, its sociopathic billionaire founder, and the nuke in West Virginia. When a second device is detonated, this unlikely team—the surfer, the orphan, and the math whiz—must persuade investigators that the bombmakers are not only homegrown, but also hiding in plain sight.  
  
An immersive and disturbingly plausible debut, _Nearshore_ delivers a mix of literary suspense and coastal noir. Moving with the speed of a barreling wave, _Nearshore_ also explores deeper clashes: isolation versus community and family, Silicon Valley versus humanity, words versus action, land versus sea.

## Details

- **Price:** 25.49 GBP
- **Vendor:** Penguin Group
- **Type:** Steve Hawk
- **Tags:** All Books, Thrillers

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