Flood

The book Flood is a sequel to the book Virus. Both are by the same author, Diane Hoh and both deal with the same characters, albeit in a different kind of dilemma.

Diane Hoh creates tension in the first sentence of the novel, Flood. The sentence reads "The water rose higher...and higher." This immediately lets the assures the readers that the devastation of this book will be a flood and not a virus like the first one was. The beginning of the book focuses on Kate, who is currently working in a library. She is awaking from a nap as the constant rain tapping on the windows and surfaces caused her to become drowsy. She had not even noticed that she'd fallen asleep apparently as it took her awhile to remember where she was. The author also makes use of personification to show how fearsome the water is. After Kate wakes up from her nap, she starts to get scared by the constant rainfall which is described as being "stubborn, so persistent, climbing even higher.