Earthquake Weather
core novel 1997 Fault Lines Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.83 (2,084 ratings, collected 2026-09-15) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312861636 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Earthquake Weather brings back characters from the earlier Fault Lines novels, weaving together two fugitives who have escaped from a psychiatric hospital with a plot rooted in California's secret occult history, including the mystical significance attached to wine production in the state's vineyards. The story explores the idea that multiple personality disorder can carry a magical dimension, tying the fugitives' fractured identities to a larger supernatural conflict playing out across California landmarks, including scenes set at the Winchester Mystery House. As the earlier books' surviving characters and unresolved magical stakes converge, the novel builds toward a confrontation over succession to the mystical power at the heart of the trilogy, blending psychological upheaval with the series' established blend of Californian occultism and hard-boiled fantasy.
Where it sits
- Universe: Fault Lines Trilogy
- Series: The Fault Lines Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tim Powers
Notes
- From the series record (The Fault Lines Trilogy): A genuinely interconnected secret-history/urban-fantasy trilogy set in modern California, built on a tarot/Fisher King mythology, with recurring characters across all three; Earthquake Weather explicitly converges protagonists from both earlier books.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Fault Lines Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous Expiration Date (1996)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Call_(novel)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_Weather_(novel)
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