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In a world ruled by terror, there's no place to hide.


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"Die Hard meets 1984... Fast-moving, sophisticated entertainment"
Washington Post

 

When you move, they watch
When you speak they listen.
They track you by what you touch and how you walk.

Welcome to the not-so-distant future, where terrorism is so feared that near-total surveillance is a way of life. In Washington, a young American agent, Kat Polinski, is on a routine assignment: break into the embassy of the energy-rich government of Kazakhstan. What she finds is a massacre. But the worst is yet to come: the murder of her sister - and the discovery of a plot as dangerous as anything coming out of the Middle East.

From the first explosive chapter, you're hooked. Nothing and no-one will stop Kat from hunting down her sister's killer. But the closer she gets the more she peels away layers of her own society where fear is used to control and governments act above the law.

 

Doesn't skimp on entertainment... sharp plotting ... an enjoyable slice of thriller pie. - Baltimore Sun

Impressive... an all-too-believable, distinctly Orwellian premise with a kick-ass heroine. - Booklist

High-stakes, high-octane thriller... my kind of book - Lee Child


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Humphrey Hawksley

Humphrey Hawksley is a leading BBC foreign correspondent, author and commentator on world affairs. For more than twenty years he has reported on key trends, events and conflicts from all over the world.