In the heart of the old Soviet Union, a mining tycoon has proclaimed
himself czar of Russia. Claiming Romanov ancestry and backed by billions of
dollars, he is determined to overthrow the already shaky Russian government -
and U.S. opposition doesn't bother him one bit. A little crisis of their own
should distract the Americans for a while, and he knows just the thing. All
along the eastern seaboard lie pockets of methane hydrate, a notoriously
unstable compound known as "fire ice." What if somebody should set them off,
say, outside a major city? Think of the explosions. Think of the earth tremors.
Think of the tidal waves…
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