Flood Maine, David

A vast storm surge is heading for London. The Thames Barrier — built to protect the city from catastrophic flooding — might not hold. As the water rises, an estranged father and daughter are forced together in a desperate race against time. David Maine writes disaster with intimacy, stripping away the spectacle to focus on two flawed people navigating grief, resentment, and survival. The flood isn't just water — it's a reckoning. This is tense, unsentimental, and relentlessly paced, with none of the usual disaster-thriller bloat. Maine (The Preservationist, Fallen) has a knack for making apocalypse feel uncomfortably plausible. Perfect for readers who want their thrillers grounded in human wreckage, not just structural collapse.