The heroine of George R. Stewart's powerful novel is a devastating storm which sweeps across the Pacific, smashes down on the California coast, and wreaks havoc until it spends its fury over the entire country. For originality of idea, for the tense development of its plot and for the interrelation of its characters, Storm is one of the most memorable novels of the last ten years. Man's fight against the elements, in this case the weather, makes this story heroic. For this edition, Mr. Steward provides an Introduction which explains how he came to write his unusual book.