'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
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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.
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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