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Over The Dam
Somewhere...in the mountains of Colorado is a group of eco-vigilantes led by a single minded woman. She wants to "return the Colorado River to its natural, free flowing state." Someone... Mikel Mas, water lawyer and outdoorsman, experiences unexplained, odd occurrences and encounters. Trying to make sense of it all, he inadvertently learns of the group and its leader. At the same time, the leaders of the eco-vigilantes become aware of Mikel and his inquisitive efforts.
Somehow... The lawyer and several buddies dig around and learn more. Playing cat and mouse with the vigilantes, the friends unearth the group's plans. If successful, they could kill thousands and permanently disrupt the economy.
Moore tells a fast paced story about events that you could find in the morning paper or on the "trending now" list: Angry, super exotic crack troop eco-activists and hackers intent on causing harm. Citizens trying to stop them. High tech weapons, surveillance, love and passion, chance encounters, fist fights. Forest rangers and private investigators get involved. All set in the winter beauty of Summit County Colorado.
The characters and their interactions make a compelling tale. The story revolves around scientific and technological theory and conjecture. Or is it fact?
Somehow... The lawyer and several buddies dig around and learn more. Playing cat and mouse with the vigilantes, the friends unearth the group's plans. If successful, they could kill thousands and permanently disrupt the economy.
Moore tells a fast paced story about events that you could find in the morning paper or on the "trending now" list: Angry, super exotic crack troop eco-activists and hackers intent on causing harm. Citizens trying to stop them. High tech weapons, surveillance, love and passion, chance encounters, fist fights. Forest rangers and private investigators get involved. All set in the winter beauty of Summit County Colorado.
The characters and their interactions make a compelling tale. The story revolves around scientific and technological theory and conjecture. Or is it fact?
344 pages, Paperback
First published January 16, 2014
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September 2, 2014
As a product of the upper Colorado River and having grown up when Denver Water was sucking as much water out of the Fraser river as possible, I can commiserate to a degree with the character Ulora whose group "the Powell Brigade" strives to destroy Dillon Dam and everything downstream of it. She and her band of misfits and closet geniuses are thwarted almost by accident by a Denver water lawyer and his back country buddy a retired Forest Ranger.
The story is interesting if not altogether plausible (both from a practical and engineering standpoint). Unfortunately, the book is fraught with editorial mistakes and misses that kind of take away the impact of reading it. Stan Moore certainly knows the area around Summit County and weaves a tapestry of sites that would do any chamber of commerce proud. He could have added many more charges against Denver Water and other trans-mountain diversion projects, but chose to focus on Dillon Dam and Reservoir.
It would be a decent primer for those interested in learning more about water in Colorado and how it is used. Ironically, it was John Wesley Powell, for whom the Powell Brigade is named, who described the basis for how water would have to be allocated and used in the west. His history is worth reading also if you really want to get a flavor about the early west and how the powers that were in the east ignored much of his warnings and predictions.
Bruce
The story is interesting if not altogether plausible (both from a practical and engineering standpoint). Unfortunately, the book is fraught with editorial mistakes and misses that kind of take away the impact of reading it. Stan Moore certainly knows the area around Summit County and weaves a tapestry of sites that would do any chamber of commerce proud. He could have added many more charges against Denver Water and other trans-mountain diversion projects, but chose to focus on Dillon Dam and Reservoir.
It would be a decent primer for those interested in learning more about water in Colorado and how it is used. Ironically, it was John Wesley Powell, for whom the Powell Brigade is named, who described the basis for how water would have to be allocated and used in the west. His history is worth reading also if you really want to get a flavor about the early west and how the powers that were in the east ignored much of his warnings and predictions.
Bruce
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