Tumble Series

An unprecedented seismic event 249 km west of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands jostle the Indian, Australian, and Eurasian plate boundaries together, prompting thousands of earthquakes to ripple out across the globe. The abnormal upheaval triggers a massive underwater landslide that permanently transforms the geography in the Bay of Bengal. But the Andaman Event is the catalyst for an epic disaster on an unimaginable scale. Poised to eradicate more than 8.2 million animal, marine, insect, and plant species, scientists predict it will surpass the Great Dying that occurred between the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras 252 million years earlier. During that period, 83% of all genera was lost, and it is the only known mass extinction of insects. The next one is in 2020. Amid unparalleled changes to the climate and extraordinary seism's, ecological and geological transformations are in progress that will purge Mankind along with almost every form of life, and a desperate struggle for survival begins. A series of perplexing failures in the worldwide weather satellite network operated by Infinity Meteorological Database Systems is the first warning of Mother Nature's quest to sanitize the planet. For the first four days it is mistaken as a probable computer virus until the chief technical officer, Brad Bentley, makes a startling discovery. The company’s CEO, Steve Jaeger, presents the evidence to President Lloyd Sinclair who, despite his skepticism, seeks the opinion of renowned astrophysicist, Dr. Jack Bailey, PhD, of Harvard. The professor’s preliminary evaluation confirms a global disaster is already in an advanced stage of development, but because the details are vague, he has the academic brought to the White House. His elucidation confounds the president even more and throws him into a quandary. The fallout over his response if he believes the doctor’s absurd summarization, will have disastrous repercussions with US allies and his presidency in an election year. On the other hand, if he disregards the assessment and it turns out to be true, the consequences will be even more deadly. There is no middle ground.

Five days after Dr. Jack Bailey briefed a skeptical President Sinclair with a dire warning, and two days after global outrage and violent demonstrations over the Golden Capricorn forced him to disclose the tumble to the world, the planet continues to spiral towards into an irreversible sixth extinction event. Chavez and Arnie negotiate an amnesty with rival gangs, who band together to form a rag-tag militia, while Linnet is tasked to commandeer a train at Pennsylvania Station to take them down to the thirty-fifth parallel where the ultimate goal is to get into the twilight zone. Vile and wanton acts of barbarism erupt throughout New York amid the chaos of rapidly collapsing social and financial infrastructure as Cobra and his team prepares to evacuate the city. Elsewhere in the world, a massive, ten-day winter storm that has raged across Southern Argentina finally moves out, leaving Tierra del Fuego, Santa Cruz, Chubut, and the south-west corner of Rio Negro provinces incommunicado, situation unknown. President Hernandez orders meteorologist Carlos Castelli to Puerto Madryn to give advice on the weather conditions the search and rescue parties are likely to encounter, but he is astounded by the incredulous scene waiting for him at Tehuelche Airport. In the meantime, the Australian Prime Minister, Sydney Bishop is alarmed at the discovery of an extraordinary phenomenon advancing up from Antarctica at a pertinacious pace as temperatures plummet to new record lows across the continent. Realizing the tumble is not a hoax, he appeals to Chairman Yuan Tien of China to grant asylum to thirteen million Australian refugees. Faced with an inevitable incursion by Russian and Mongolian armed forces, Chairman Tien invites President Bazhenov to Zhongnanhai and offers a quid pro quo in an effort to avert a three-way conflict where the only victorious entity would be Mother Nature. The 35th Parallel is the third book in the Tumble series and a direct continuation from book two, The Golden Capricorn.

Book Three in the Tumble series is a direct continuation of Book two, where the subsequent global outrage at the Golden Capricorn incident forces President Sinclair to disclose the tumble to the world. Emergency services and utility staff stage a walkout after employers notify their workforce that payrolls could not be met because of the bank closures, and amid the ensuing chaos and rapidly collapsing infrastructure, anarchy spreads across the northern states. As violent and wanton acts of barbarism erupt in the city streets, Cobra’s team are preparing to evacuate New York. Chavez and Arnie negotiate an amnesty with rival gangs, who band together to form a rag-tag militia, while Linnet is tasked to commandeer a train at Pennsylvania Station. The intention is to travel south to the thirty-fifth parallel, where a confrontation with the US Army is inevitable if they are to achieve their ultimate goal—to cross into the twilight zone. President Sinclair abandons the White House as enmity explodes in Washington, DC, and China tries to avert an incursion by the Russian and Mongolian armies, who have formed an alliance to invade the Asian nation. Meanwhile, the massive winter storm that has blanketed Southern Argentina for ten days, moves out. Carlos Castelli, the country’s top meteorologist, is ordered to Puerto Madryn by President Hernandez to advise the military search and rescue parties on the weather conditions. The incredulous scene that awaits him on his arrival is beyond anything he could ever imagine. The temperature in Australia is plummeting, and when they discover an extraordinary phenomenon advancing at a pertinacious pace towards the continent from Antarctica, Prime Minister Sydney Bishop appeals to Chairman Yuan Tien of China to admit thirteen million Australian refugees.

In this long-awaited sequel in the Tumble series by Bob Triggs, the natural disaster sweeping the globe ticks up. As with his previous books, Bob’s storytelling of an unimaginable catastrophe is relentless and explained with enough science to keep the reader enthralled as the tale progresses. A remarkable book with an incredible amount of research that will take you on a journey we all hope will never happen. The story opens when Air Marshal Richard Brandon invites Australian meteorologist Quinton Andrews on a flight intended to extract their scientists off their bases on the ice so that he can take a closer look at a strange phenomenon occurring in the Indian Ocean. Meanwhile, Cobra and Thelma have a lucky escape after jumping into the Cape Fear River during a hurricane as they attempt to cross south of the 35th parallel. In London, geologist Dr. Peter Brown investigates what is thought to be an earthquake but concludes the single, sharp jolt that took out the city’s entire utility services infrastructure is the result of something far more disconcerting. After determining that the epicenter of the disturbance is at the Elephant and Castle, he warns the Prime Minister that the city needs to be evacuated post-haste. In Argentina, meteorologist Carlos Castelli, General Umberto, and Captain Luiggiani make a decision that affects Carlos in a profound way. He flies back to Buenos Aires from Puerto Madryn, where he makes a life-changing decision for himself and his wife, Isabella, who is not happy with what he has done. The Canadian Prime Minister Michael Davies is beset with his own set of problems. He is trying to avoid a state of anarchy similar to that which has befallen the United States. Keeping the Canadian citizens calm until he is ready to lead them south is an effort. However, the Russian President, Matvei Bazhenov, and Generalissimo Mikail Yegorov offer Davies an olive branch that is hard for him to turn down. In the meantime, President Sinclair is trying to keep some form of order in the southern US states. However, the expected surge of people attempting to cross the 35th parallel does not happen, and curious as to why, General Morgan orders eight teams of twelve Navy Seals on a 24-hour mission to infiltrate twelve cities. It was a night from hell for the team that went to Las Vegas with only four returning to tell the story. Of the ninety-six men sent out, eighty-seven never returned. But during this same meeting, Dr. Jack Bailey drops another bombshell. Carl Felton, a wildlife biologist, is commissioned to investigate the devastating effect that a soda ash plant is having on the lesser flamingo population at Lake Natron, Tanzania. His old friend, Mwanyambi Bamgboshe, is the game warden at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and he called him on arriving at Dodoma. Carl had arrived in Tanzania prior to the grounding of commercial flights and, stuck in a foreign country, decides to visit Mwanyambi when the warden calls him to tell him of a strange event happening on the plains. He suggests that Carl should go there as soon as he can. With nothing else to do, he drives out to Mbulumbula Game Warden’s Lodge, and he is stunned by what he is shown. But stranger still is the wind. It is alternating from hot before dropping and blowing up again as a cold zephyr.