Free (Kindle/iTunes/ePub) Firespill by Ian Slater [Pacific NW Eco-Disaster Thriller]

ATDrake · 09-21-2014, 02:20 AM

Firespill by Ian Slater (ISFDB), an Australian-born Vancouver resident and former University of British Columbia teacher on oceanography issues, is a vintage ecological disaster suspense thriller taking place on the coast of the Pacific Northwest, with what appears to be an international clean-up effort involving Russian, Japanese, Canadian, and US personnel, free courtesy of publisher Diversion Books, who are reprinting it from the original 1977 Bantam Books hardcover.

The author has blurb praise from popular thriller writer Clive Cussler, though it doesn't indicate whether it's generic blurb-praise, or specific to this particular book, so YMMV.

Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK), iTunes & Google Play (both available to Canadians).

And this has been the selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day.

Because even though this book is older than I am, this is still a depressingly topical issue because stuff like this keeps happening (I admit that much of the time it doesn't seem likely to be at risk of getting set on fire, though) and keeps being likely to, especially if some of the proposed pipelines get built.

Not to mention, the author is a transplanted local, and this is like not even my backyard, but my actual front yard (okay, some umpty km away, but still…), so bonus points for actually being a book set more-or-less where I live.

Enjoy!

Description
An environmental catastrophe of hell on water, from bestselling author Ian Slater.

600 million gallons of high-octane fuel pours on the wind-swept waters of North America's West Coast.

One match will ignite a raging inferno.

Burning with fury—nothing will stop it.

Firespill. A blazing inferno of terror—out of control, threatening thousands of human lives. A startling rescue operation is underway before this tragedy gets deadly in this gripping, shockwave novel.

cazziehb13 · 09-21-2014, 03:25 AM

Hi does anyone know if you can share your downloads between a kindle ada kobo?

ATDrake · 09-21-2014, 03:29 AM

Generally, not without stripping the DRM (which we can't openly discuss how-to here on MR) and converting.

However, your Kobo can use the ADE-DRM ePub format which Google Play supplies, so go ahead and get the freebie from there (if you haven't already, be sure to register Adobe Digital Editions with an email address and password so that you can re-download your books to the same account later if you need to).

Hope this helps, and welcome to MobileRead!

crich70 · 09-21-2014, 05:10 AM

Firespill is at Kobo though not currently free. It's listed as $2.99 right now. I have no idea if a coupon can be used with it.

Kobo

ATDrake · 09-21-2014, 11:08 AM

Diversion Books are couponable at Kobo (at least in Canada).

09-21-2014, 02:20 AM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (Kindle/iTunes/ePub) Firespill by Ian Slater [Pacific NW Eco-Disaster Thriller] Firespill by Ian Slater (ISFDB), an Australian-born Vancouver resident and former University of British Columbia teacher on oceanography issues, is a vintage ecological disaster suspense thriller taking place on the coast of the Pacific Northwest, with what appears to be an international clean-up effort involving Russian, Japanese, Canadian, and US personnel, free courtesy of publisher Diversion Books, who are reprinting it from the original 1977 Bantam Books hardcover. The author has blurb praise from popular thriller writer Clive Cussler, though it doesn't indicate whether it's generic blurb-praise, or specific to this particular book, so YMMV. Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK), iTunes & Google Play (both available to Canadians). And this has been the selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day. Because even though this book is older than I am, this is still a depressingly topical issue because stuff like this keeps happening (I admit that much of the time it doesn't seem likely to be at risk of getting set on fire, though) and keeps being likely to, especially if some of the proposed pipelines get built. Not to mention, the author is a transplanted local, and this is like not even my backyard, but my actual front yard (okay, some umpty km away, but still…), so bonus points for actually being a book set more-or-less where I live. Enjoy! Description An environmental catastrophe of hell on water, from bestselling author Ian Slater. 600 million gallons of high-octane fuel pours on the wind-swept waters of North America's West Coast. One match will ignite a raging inferno. Burning with fury—nothing will stop it. Firespill. A blazing inferno of terror—out of control, threatening thousands of human lives. A startling rescue operation is underway before this tragedy gets deadly in this gripping, shockwave novel. Last edited by ATDrake; 09-21-2014 at 02:38 AM. Reason: Author credentials, since he seems to know what he's writing about, unlike some others who just make stuff up.

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09-21-2014, 03:25 AM	#2
cazziehb13 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: kobo touch	Hi does anyone know if you can share your downloads between a kindle ada kobo?

09-21-2014, 03:29 AM	#3
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Generally, not without stripping the DRM (which we can't openly discuss how-to here on MR) and converting. However, your Kobo can use the ADE-DRM ePub format which Google Play supplies, so go ahead and get the freebie from there (if you haven't already, be sure to register Adobe Digital Editions with an email address and password so that you can re-download your books to the same account later if you need to). Hope this helps, and welcome to MobileRead!

09-21-2014, 05:10 AM	#4
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Firespill is at Kobo though not currently free. It's listed as $2.99 right now. I have no idea if a coupon can be used with it. Kobo

09-21-2014, 11:08 AM	#5
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Diversion Books are couponable at Kobo (at least in Canada).

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