MEDIA & INTERVIEWS
Four Hours to Impact
A Race for Survival in Hawaiʻi · Jerry Perone
Book information, author background, and interview requests.
Coming to Amazon Kindle — November 5, 2026
Pre-order link coming soon. Orders are not open yet.
The book at a glance
- Title
- Four Hours to Impact
- Subtitle
- A Race for Survival in Hawaiʻi
- Author
- Jerry Perone
- Genre
- Tsunami thriller / fiction
- Planned first format
- Kindle ebook
- Planned release
- November 5, 2026
Short description
As a tsunami races toward Hawaiʻi, scientist Leilani Kealoha must help warn the islands while her mother remains in danger. In Waikīkī, hotel manager Malia Reyes faces resistance as she tries to protect hundreds of guests. In Hilo, Nohea Kealoha refuses to leave an oxygen-dependent neighbor behind. With roads filling and the forecasts worsening, the hours before impact become a race to save the people they cannot abandon. Four Hours to Impact: A Race for Survival in Hawaiʻi is a tsunami thriller by Honolulu author Jerry Perone.
About Jerry
Jerry Perone is a Honolulu-based author, speaker, retired IBM executive, and storyteller. His writing brings together a career in leadership, an interest in emergency preparedness, Alzheimer’s advocacy, and a lifetime of family stories. He writes about people facing difficult choices—and the humor and affection that help them through.
Interview topics
- Why the time between a warning and a decision matters.
- Writing a thriller about the place you call home.
- How Hawaiʻi’s tsunami history informed the questions behind the novel.
- Leadership, responsibility, and helping others under pressure.
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The book cover
The current front cover of Four Hours to Impact: A Race for Survival in Hawaiʻi, by Jerry Perone.
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Author photograph
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