''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_______________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._______________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