The Year of the Locust

Oct 9, 2024 7:13 AM

Author:Terry Hayes,Jeff Harding

Brought to you by Penguin.

THE AMAZING NEW THRILLER FROM TERRY HAYES.

If, like Kane, you're a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again - by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide - and when to shoot.

But some places don't play by the rules. Some places are too dangerous, even for a man of Kane's experience. The badlands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet are such a place - a place where violence is the only way to survive.

Kane travels there to exfiltrate a man with vital information for the safety of the West - but instead he meets an adversary who will take the world to the brink of extinction. A frightening, clever, vicious man with blood on his hands and vengeance in his heart...

Reviews

Worth the wait... an often captivating, mass-market adventure story that's mostly more treat than trick

—— James Owen , The Times

Compare this with the thrillers written by Mr or Mrs Clinton, and you come away feeling that Hayes is the one who has more inside knowledge

—— Jake Kerridge , Telegraph

'[Hayes] is brilliant at action and military technology'

—— John Dugdale , Sunday Times

Epic and immersive, new and unexpected, and his research into spycraft is deep and compelling

—— Mail on Sunday

Brilliant on the way agents operate and how the US spies on the world

—— Sun

Compelling, nerve-jangling and breathlessly exciting... Totally immersive

—— Irish Independent

An absolutely nail biter of a thriller

—— Glamour

Move over Jason Bourne. CIA operative Kane redefines the smart but vulnerable bad ass super spy in this dazzling cat-and-mouse thriller where the entire globe is a chessboard, and everyone’s playing for keeps

—— Lisa Gardner

Has all the cinematic sweep and verve as Hayes' debut... just as enthralling

—— Financial Times

With vivid descriptions, some terrific action sequences and lashings of suspense, the book ticks all the boxes necessary for a superior geopolitical thriller

—— Guardian

Emerging dazed and somewhat brutalised after two intense days reading this utterly gripping, elegantly written 650-page plus thriller, I can say that it was most definitely worth the wait…Kane is a fantastic character: preternaturally brilliant and brave humble and insightful

—— Alison Flood , Observer

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