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.
