title: Memphis 7.9 (revised): Book 1 of The 7.9 Scenario
author:  Sam Penny 
description: Author and Lecturer Sam Penny has published two novels in his The 7.9 Scenario series: Memphis 7.9 (Revised) and Broken River, and is finishing his next book: The Phoenix of Memphis. These techno-thrillers offer a blunt perspective of what will transpire when once again a 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes the center of the United States, as seen from the point of view of characters who are there when it happens. The stories are based upon scientific analyses from the USGS and FEMA of what happens when a giant earthquake again occurs on the New Madrid Fault beneath the Mississippi River, within a few miles of a major metropolitan area. Penny retired in 1998 from a career as an engineering physicist, computer scientist, entrepreneur, and corporate executive. My keen interest in geology evolved while designing computing systems for the oil drilling industry. During that time, I co-authored several trade and scientific articles with geologists on directional drilling and rock mechanics. In 1989 he felt the shaking from the magnitude 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake. When I saw the fallen Cypress Freeway in Oakland, California, a mile from the original offices of the company I helped found in 1970, my interest in geology refocused on seismology and the effects of giant earthquakes. "Since I retired, writing has become my avocation as my wife and I travel full-time in our RV, following the best weather from place to place throughout the North American Continent, and researching the effects of natural disasters on our land."
zlib_text: Zeus’s Pack 8
  Memphis
  Romano Tiziano thought owning a landscaping company was better than the
  bodyguard work he used to do, but who knew shrubbery and lawn care would
  have him on the run? After witnessing a prominent lawyer being killed,
  Romano thinks that Pride Pack Valley is the safest place to run.
  
  Memphis thinks that he can handle anything after being under Jackson’s
  thumb…until he meets Romano. The man is arrogant, stubborn, and
  Memphis is going insane trying to deal with the man. And to top that, his
  other mate, Tabby, can’t seem to stay out of the tavern.
  Tabby has landed in jail twice now for DUI. And he wasn’t even behind the
  wheel! After his second arrest, he finds one tall and dark stranger trying to
  bail him out…and take him home.
  Can the three get their act together long enough to claim one another, or will
  their differences and blinding ways make them part company?
  Genre: Alternative (M/M or F/F), Paranormal, Vampires/Werewolves
  Length: 35,922 words
  MEMPHIS
  Zeus’s Pack 8