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Never : a novel / Ken Follett.
"A complex, scary thriller ... sobering."--Kirkus Reviews
In the Sahara Desert, two elite intelligence agents are on the trail of a powerful group of drug-smuggling terrorists, risking their lives--and, when they fall desperately in love, their careers--at every turn. Nearby, a beautiful young widow fights against human traffickers while traveling illegally to Europe with the help of a mysterious man who may not be who he says he is. In China, a senior government official with vast ambitions for himself and his country battles against the older Communist hawks in the government, who may be pushing China--and its close military ally, North Korea--to a place of no return. And in the United States, Pauline Green, the country's first woman president, navigates terrorist attacks, illegal arms trading, and the smear campaigns of her blustering political opponent with careful and deft diplomacy. She will do everything in her power to avoid starting an unnecessary war. But when one act of aggression leads to another, the most powerful countries in the world are caught in a complex web of alliances they can't escape. And once all the sinister pieces are in place, can anyone--even those with the best of intentions and most elite skills--stop the inevitable?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593458822
- ISBN: 0593458826
- ISBN: 9780593458839
- ISBN: 0593458834
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (24 hr., 10 min., 56 sec.))
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Penguin Random House Audio, [2021]
Content descriptions
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by January LaVoy. |
| Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from title details screen (OverDrive; viewed November 15, 2021). |
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- Baker & Taylor
Navigating terrorist attacks, illegal arms trading, and smear campaigns, Pauline Green, the country's first women president, is caught in a complex web of alliances with the most powerful countries that are being orchestrated by the enemy, and only thosewith the most elite skills can stop the inevitable. - Findaway World Llc
New York Times Bestseller
The new must-read epic from master storyteller Ken Follett: more than a thriller, itâs an action-packed, globe-spanning drama set in the present day.
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âA compelling story, and only too realistic.â âLawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary
âEvery catastrophe begins with a little problem that doesnât get fixed.â So says Pauline Green, president of the United States, in Follettâs nerve-racking drama of international tension.
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A shrinking oasis in the Sahara Desert; a stolen US Army drone; an uninhabited Japanese island; and one countryâs secret stash of deadly chemical poisons: all these play roles in a relentlessly escalating crisis.
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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.
