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Journalist and writer

  Nathan A. Drescher is a globe-trotting journalist and speculative fiction writer from Canada.  You can find Nathan's work in Android Police, Digital Trends, Ottawa Life Magazine, the Algonquin Times, Marketing Edge Magazine, and other publications. Nathan has lived in multiple countries as an English teacher. This includes South Korea and Russia. He also spent a year living aboard fishing boats at sea. He didn't like that, so he came back to land and settled down. Nathan loves to write about time, whether it's what our future world will resemble or how it used to look in the past. He mixes his stories with daring adventure and suspense. Also, food. Lots and lots of food.
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Opus Tsunami Kindle Edition

Explore the terrifying power of tsunamis! -- Drescher takes us on a fascinating tour of the most destructive force in nature: tsunamis. Explore the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, look at the science behind these powerful waves, and then put yourself into the middle of the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Finally, Drescher takes us on a tour of the Pacific Northwest, where the Cascadia subduction zone is just waiting to unleash the next big one! "F or those who enjoy good literature I recommend." -  Kaize George Amazon Kindle 5 stars Buy it here
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