Wyatt's Hurricane

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name = Wyatt's Hurricane
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image_caption = 1986 UK paperback cover
author = Desmond Bagley
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Thriller novel
publisher = William Collins & Sons
release_date = 1966
media_type = Print (hardcover and paperback)
pages = 254 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-00-615398-4
preceded_by = High Citadel
followed_by = Landslide

"Wyatt's Hurricane" is a third person narrative thriller novel by English author Desmond Bagley, first published in 1966.

Plot introduction

David Wyatt is a white West Indian, originally from St Kitts by way of Grenada, and is a meteorologist working with the United States Navy's “Hurricane hunter” flights researching storms and severe weather patterns. He is based out of San Fernandez, a fictional Caribbean island nation with a history and political background striking similar to Haiti. Wyatt is convinced that Hurricane Mabel will strike San Fernandez head-on, with a storm surge that will flood its capital of St Pierre, potentially killing thousands. The paranoid, megalomaniacal dictator of San Fernandez, General Serrurier, will hear nothing of it. A hurricane has not struck San Fernandez in over a hundred years, and he has much more important things to worry about – such as an armed revolt against his rule. As civil war erupts, Wyatt struggles to convince his superiors, the government, and eventually the rebels that the hurricane will be their most serious problem..