Book description
Jealousies, distrust, and hidden rivalries uncover dark secrets, then a
dozen vials of a deadly virus go missing. As a blizzard whips out of the
north on Christmas Eve, several people converge on a remote family
house. Stanley Oxenford, director of a pharmaceutical research company,
has everything riding on a drug he is developing to fight a lethal
virus. Several others are interested in his success too: his children,
at home for Christmas with their offspring, have their eyes on the money
he will make; Toni Gallo, head of his security team and recently forced
to resign from the police, is betting her career on keeping it safe; an
ambitious local television reporter sniffs a story, even if he has to
bend the facts to tell it; and a violent trio of thugs are on their way
to steal it, with a client already waiting. As the storm worsens and the
group is laid under siege by the elements, the emotional sparks crackle
and dark secrets are revealed that threaten to drive Stanley and his
family apart for ever. Filled with startling twists, Whiteout is the
ultimate knife-edge drama from an international bestselling author who
is in a class by himself. 'Few writers can come up with the thrills more
effectively than Ken Follett' Guardian 'A new breed of
thriller...Follett drags readers to the very edge of their seats and
holds them captive until the very last villain is satisfactorily
dispatched' Publishers weekly
Ken Follett was only twenty-seven when he wrote the award-winning
novel Eye of the Needle, which became an international bestseller. He
has since written several equally successful novels, including, most
recently, Hornet Flight. He is also author of the non-fiction
bestseller On Wings of Eagles.
