The Hammer of Eden

• The Hammer of Eden - Ken Follett

A hippie commune decides to fight the California state government in order to keep their way of life when they've been told that a new dam will be built along their river in Silver City. Soon their home will be at the bottom of a man-made lake if they cannot succeed. However, rather than fight in the conventional terms... they create a terrorist cell and call themselves The Hammer of Eden. The leader of the group steals a seismic vibrator and threatens to create earthquakes (of increasing destruction) until the governor buts a ban on all nuclear projects in California. The FBI must first find out if someone could even cause an earthquake, and then find the group before they can try.

I really liked Agent Maddox's character and her father Bo. The book was really enjoyable and somewhat conflicting. I wanted the commune to keep their land, but I was really pushing for the FBI agent too. There really is that struggle to preserve one's way of life...even though both of their ways are completely at odd with one another.