I enjoyed this book and the others in the series, I found myself put off by the callous disregard of the Mercer family for others in the disasters. while millions are displaced, injured, or dead the Mercers are swimming in a pool at a luxury home provided by the government with an unlimited credit card for clothing and other items and praising Mrs Mercer proudly about their surroundings. swimming in a pool getting a suntan, while millions are dead or homeless. Sloan may be a brilliant scientist but she is also a profound idiot. Obviously I don’t read disaster books for deep compassionate characters but the shallowness of some of the characters doesn’t always leave me cheering for their survival.