A Stunning Novel About the Great Siberian Explosion of 1908

TUNGUSKA--In the Dawn's Early Light by Robert Walton explores the fictional aftermath of the Tunguska blast, which annihilated one half of a Gypsy tribe.

Ontario, Canada (PRWeb) January 14, 2007 -- Author Robert Walton's gripping novel, TUNGUSKA- In the Dawn's Early Light is based on the terrifying 1908 blast that shook Siberia. Believed to be an explosive asteroid or a comet, the energy of the blast was estimated to be about 40 megatons of TNT. The explosion felled 60 million trees and cast a light that was seen in the United States, but astonishingly no one was killed.

How capable is mankind of surviving a natural disaster? Robert Walton takes this question and turns it into nail-biting fiction about a tribe of Gypsies who managed to survive to survive the deadly Tunguska blast in Siberia.

While there were many theories circulating around the Tunguska event, a true cause was never fully determined. Some people blamed aliens, while others suspected it might have been caused by volcanic disturbances, a comet, black holes or an exploded asteroid. Against this eerie backdrop, Walton follows the surviving tribes-people who trekked to a small village of Beaumont in Ontario, Canada, where their ruling council begins to tramp on their rights and take away their freedoms, controlling them with devastating results. Beautifully written, with characters that leap off the page, TUNGUSKA is a terrifying thriller set against one of the most extreme natural disasters on earth.

TUNGUSKA--In the Dawn's Early Light is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author

Robert Walton is an industrial chemist. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1944-1948, including 18 months in what is now Pakistan. The author lives in Ontario, Canada.

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