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Old 06-30-2008, 04:42 PM   #137 (permalink)
robot_parade
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Pompeii:
Amazon.com: Pompeii: A Novel: Robert Harris: Books Amazon.com: Pompeii: A Novel: Robert Harris: Books

Pretty good. Short version: A roman engineer is in charge of figuring out why the water in an aqueduct has stopped flowing. The catch is, the aqueduct serves pompeii and the surrounding cities, and the book starts three days before the erruption. Very well written, and lots of fun.
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