In Cataclysm in Blue Water, Nassor (an Egyptian antiquities dealer) reads to his fellow passengers as their cruise ship approaches the bay of Santorini:
"To cultures or individuals so inclined, an unseen god or goddess wreaked havoc during a violent rampage 3600 years ago, the island of Santorini contorting, twisting, wrenching, and burning. This deity of fury cared not if the Earth stopped spinning while inflicting brutal hammer blows that bounced and rang through the whole of the planet.
A thunderous sound unleashed terror on the unsuspecting Minoan culture. The horrified populace shrieked as spewing gas and enormous clouds of ash blotted the sky in a thick, ominous gray plume that soon traveled far beyond the boundaries of ancient Santorini. The bowels of the earth fired beneath Santorini as hot breath flared out of two blazing nostrils. Violent hot lava spat upwards to enormous heights. With powerful arms rotating, giant rock bombs cratered the region and splashed large holes in the sea.
The mountain island in the middle of the bay shuddered and disappeared into the sea with one blow of the fist. A mountain on Thera divided in half with yet another, half of this mountain then shoved into the Aegean with the back of one hand. Giant waves of destruction rose as commanded and traveled miles and miles.
Yet this apparently did not satisfy the deity because the devastation continued long after in places far from Santorini."
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