New York Times Bestseller
The new will have to-read epic from master storyteller Ken Follett: more than a thriller, it’s an action-packed, globe-spanning drama set within the present day.
“A compelling story, and only too realistic.” —Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary
“Each catastrophe begins with just a little problem that doesn’t get fixed.” So says Pauline Green, president of america, in Follett’s nerve-racking drama of international tension.
A shrinking oasis within the Sahara Desert; a stolen US Army drone; an uninhabited Japanese island; and one country’s secret stash of deadly chemical poisons: these kind of play roles in a relentlessly escalating crisis.
Struggling to stop 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 following president election.
Never is an peculiar 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 not possible.
