'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 Times _______________ The 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. The much-anticipated, heart-racing new thriller from Terry Hayes, THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST, is available now. _______________ 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
