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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher New Harbinger Pubns Inc
Publication date October 1, 1998
Pages 301
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780965187923
ISBN-10 0965187926
Dimensions 1.25 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight 1.40 lbs.
Availability§ Apply Direct
Original list price $21.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
On an oil rig in Saudi Arabia, which is worked by cheap Indian labor supervised by a motley crew of international whites, two American foremen play out old animosities. A tale of brutal race relations and a tragic blowout.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:

There are many ways for a young man to go to hell when trying to find himself. Logan Wilson knows. Deadended in Texas, about to lose his fiancée Caitlin, Logan has impulsively committed himself to work a risky exploratory oil rig in Saudi Arabia’s Rub al Khali desert, the bleak Empty Quarter.

The Empty Quarter is a daunting place of heat, sand and scorpions where oil riggers work under a boss, Jamie Strong, who is Logan’s increasingly unreliable and possibly unstable friend. As they precariously search for a legendary high-pressure gas reservoir, Logan is plunged into dangerous depths in his relations with Jamie, the other roughnecks, and the oil company. The consequences could be explosive, Logan realizes as he desperately struggles with his situation and with himself. He now harbors a single barebones plan—to survive the hell of The Empty Quarter.

The Empty Quarter is one of those remarkably gripping stories that leaves the reader a little energy-sapped because of his, or her, involvement in the lives of unusual characters in an unusual setting. This tale of drilling into the earth is, in fact, more about drilling into the souls of men.

—Terry Kay



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Hardcover
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from New Harbinger Pubns Inc (October 1, 1998); titled "The Empty Quarter"
9780965187923 | details & prices | 301 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $21.95
About: Finding himself in a dead-end job in Texas and about to lose his fiancee, Logan impulsively decides to work on a risky exploratory rig in Saudi Arabia's Rub al Khali desert, where he finds himself in a dangerous situation
Paperback
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from Celestial Arts (September 1, 2002)
9781587611650 | details & prices | 320 pages | List price $14.95

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