Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2014 |
Seiten | 896 |
Format | 11,6 x 17,6 x 3,9 cm |
A-Format | |
Gewicht | 488 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 0552170518 |
EAN | 9780552170512 |
Bestell-Nr | 55217051EA |
The Day of the Jackal meets Homeland with a dash of Bourne - a debut thriller to take your breath away
Klappentext:
'A big, breathless tale of nonstop suspense' The New York Times
'Simply one of the best suspense novels I've read in a long time' David Baldacci
'An all too plausible disaster for the world we live in. Great nail-biting stuff' Robert Goddard
'The plot twists and turns like a python in a sack... Visceral, gritty and cinematic' The Times
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The astonishing story of one man's breakneck race against time to save America from oblivion.
A YOUNG WOMAN MURDERED. All of her identifying characteristics dissolved by acid.
A FATHER PUBLICLY BEHEADED. Killed in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square.
A SYRIAN BIOTECH EXPERT FOUND EYELESS. Dumped in a Damascus junkyard.
SMOULDERING HUMAN REMAINS. Abandoned on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan.
PILGRIM. The codename for a man who doesn't exist. A man who must return from obscurity. The only man who can uncover a flawless plot to commit an appalling crime agai nst humanity.
The much-anticipated, heart-racing new thriller from Terry Hayes, THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST, is available now.
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Praise for Terry Hayes
'Clever and compulsive' Sunday Mirror
'Huge ambition and even huger talent' Stav Sherez
'Compelling and wildly inventive storytelling' Chris Ewan
'Hayes brings well-refined storytelling chops to the enterprise' Kirkus
Rezension:
The best thriller I've read in ten years... An astonishing piece of work Linwood Barclay