TY  - BOOK
AU  - Follett,Ken
TI  - Never
SN  - 9780593300015
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Deserts
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Intelligence officers
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Women presidents
KW  - World politics
KW  - Spy stories
KW  - Political fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Thrillers (Fiction)
N2  - "Every catastrophe begins with a little problem that doesn't get fixed." So says Pauline Green, president of the United States, in Ken Follett's nerve-racking drams 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 presidential 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." -- jacket
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