 Penguin Random House Audio presents Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins-Reed, read for you by Julia Whalen. Malibu catches fire. It is simply what Malibu does from time to time. Tornadoes take the flatlands of the Midwest, floods rise in the American South, hurricanes rage against the Gulf of Mexico, and California burns. The land caught fire time and again when it was inhabited by the Chumash in 500 BCE. It caught fire in the 1800s when Spanish colonizers claimed the area. It caught fire on December 4, 1903, when Frederick and May Ringe owned the stretch of land now called Malibu. The flames seized 30 miles of coast land and consumed their... Sample complete. Ready to continue?