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Ken Follett
New York Times BestsellerThe new must-read epic from master storyteller Ken Follett: more than a thriller, it’s an action-packed, globe-spanning drama set in the present day. “A compelling story, and only too realistic.” —Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary “Every catastrophe begins with a little problem that doesn’t get fixed.” So says Pauline Green, president of the United States, in Follett’s nerve-racking drama of international tension. A shrinking oasis in the Sahara Desert; a stolen US Army drone; an uninhabited Japanese island; and one country’s secret stash of deadly chemical poisons: all these play roles in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Struggling to prevent the outbreak of world war are a young woman intelligence officer; a spy working undercover with jihadists; a brilliant Chinese spymaster; and Pauline herself, beleaguered by a populist rival for the next president election. Never is an extraordinary novel, full of heroines and villains, false prophets and elite warriors, jaded politicians and opportunistic revolutionaries. It brims with cautionary wisdom for our times, and delivers a visceral, heart-pounding read that transports readers to the brink of the unimaginable.
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Author
Ken Follett
Pages
816
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2021-11-09
ISBN
0593300025 9780593300022
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"Great plot - how countries work together and against each other in times of conflict. A few plot lines going. My first book of his will definitely read more. "
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Shauna
"As always, Ken Follett writes an entertaining, descriptive and engaging book. This one felt to me, as two separate books though.<br/><br/>One book following, Abdul, Kiah, and Tamara<br/>The second book following, President Green and Chang Kai.<br/>Both were equally entertaining but only one followed what was supposed to be the overall plot. That being the one with President Green and Chang Kai.<br/><br/>The combination of the apparent two books is what didn't work for me, while Tamaras parts were heavy in the beginning, having dedicated chapters, in the later half of the book she appears less and less until quickly her story is wrapped up in a page or two of other chapters that are not dedicated to singular characters.<br/>The same thing happens to Abdul.<br/><br/>Now if you're going to sort of shaft a character like that, why include them at all? Yes they had nice stories with wrapped up endings, but in the overall plot they were almost entirely pointless,with little connection to the events.<br/><br/>The President Green and Chang Kai portions of the book are just as good, a lot of political manipulation and to me seemed extremely accurate to how it may happen in real life. The only annoying thing about this portion is the odd inclusion of President Greens marital troubles, the troubles themselves aren't odd but the times the characters choose to talk about them is, i find it hard to believe that one the cusp of an all out nuclear war, the president is thinking about her husbands affair(a husband who she admits to no longer love very early in the book) during the minimal time she spends alone. Since her alone time during these parts is only immediately after waking or the time between her two basic locations in the book, the situation room and the domestic side of the white house.<br/><br/>Overall its a solid read just a few parts felt unnecessary as they only seemed included as the glue between to separate books being mashed together."
Billie Cuumm
"Shockingly relevant right now. "
Jacy Hanson
"Page turner. "
Kevin Ragland
