Author: Hayes, Terry
Crime & mystery
Published on 8 May 2014 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Corgi Books) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 912 pages
196 x 126 x 42 | 614g
'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 TimesThe 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 against humanity.
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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