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Derek Marshall and Sambit Patel meet when both are sent to the Bay City, Texas Nuclear Power Plant after a hurricane strikes the Gulf Coast of Texas and compromises one of the reactors. Derek works in robotics for NASA and Sambit teaches nuclear physics for Texas A&M. Derek is out and proud and tends to be a bit abrasive towards most people while Sambit is calm, laid back and tends to get along with people.

Will this be more of a culture (and personality) clash than the two will be able to handle while trying to stabilize the reactor? Or will they be able to work things out?

I found myself really enjoying the story and characters in Fallout. Derek comes across as an abrasive, take no prisoners kind of character that is more of a cover than anything else. Sambit is almost the opposite - calm, collected, laid back, which is also a bit of a facade, but not as much of one as Derek's. It is a facade, yes, but it is also very much part of Sambit's personality.

Even as Fallout is a story of people who work in dangerous situations, it is a story of two people finding a spark and willing to work in order to have a relationship. It is also a story of finding courage in spite of obstacles and of finding kindred spirits.

Great story.

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Available for purchase at the following links:
Dreamspinner Press Fallout page
Amazon.com Fallout page - for Kindle (paperback also available)
Barnes and Noble - for both print and NOOK copies.