The Year of the Locust: The ground-breaking second novel from the internationally bestselling author of I AM PILGRIM

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Wanneer je, net als Kane, werkzaam bent als spion voor de CIA in Denied Access Area’s, dan hebben grenzen geen betekenis. Jouw taak is om je toegang te verschaffen, te doen wat nodig is en weer te ontsnappen… op welke manier dan ook. Je weet wanneer je moet rennen, wanneer je je moet verstoppen en wanneer je moet schieten. The storytelling and a truly intriguing protagonist make “I Am Pilgrim” a contender for best-of-the-year lists.” Associated Press Staff

In 2001, Hayes was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay for his work on From Hell. [7] This is a book for a Terry Hayes fan more than an I Am Pilgrim fan but you have to read it to understand what I mean by saying this. You also have to go in very open-minded. If, like Kane, you’re a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again – by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide – and when to shoot. It has been a long decade for those of us awaiting a follow-up to Terry Hayes’s debut thriller I Am Pilgrim (2013). No other recent thriller has matched its level of excitement: to achieve a comparable adrenaline rush, you would have to abandon your sofa and go bungee-jumping. The tale of an American secret agent tasked with preventing a Saudi terrorist from unleashing a deadly smallpox virus, Hayes’s novel seemed for once to justify the epithet of “epic”, which can usually be dismissed, when applied to thrillers, as a euphemism for “too long”. MGM Acquires Terry Hayes Thriller 'I Am Pilgrim' ". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. 17 July 2014 . Retrieved 17 May 2015.

Hayes seems to have thrown every implausible plot device into a blender, hoping for a smoothie but ending up with chunky, narrative soup. The first two-thirds of the book teeter on the edge of believability, like a cat on a windowsill in a hurricane. But it's the final third where Hayes really cranks up the 'implausibility-o-meter' to a level that would make even sci-fi aficionados raise an eyebrow. We all fell in love with Terry Hayes when he took the spy thriller world by storm in 2014. I Am Pilgrim is still today nine years later is considered by many to be the finest book written for a thriller fan. Lyrical, epic, sweeping, and bold—THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST shows the world once again that Terry Hayes isn't just a master at his craft—he's one of the best to ever do it." Connor Sullivan Hayes’s ability to imagine ways in which Kane can harness the latest technology to aid his mission outsoars that of his rivals, as does his ingenuity in devising low-tech ways for Kane to get out of a fix when separated from his Q Branch-style gadgets. And it hardly seems adequate to say that Kane is a character you can’t help rooting for: Hayes has the magical ability to make you believe that this is the one man who can save the world, with the result that The Year of the Locust has some of the resonance of a myth.

Deze reis wordt ontzettend gedetailleerd beschreven en het voelde alsof ik er zelf was. De spanning is erg goed voelbaar en ik werd erg enthousiast. De gebeurtenissen die zich afspelen in dit gebied zijn nogal barbaars. Hayes delivers muscular prose, sniper-round accurate dialogue and enough superb and original plotting to fill three volumes. He balances it all with the dexterity of the accomplished storyteller that he so obviously is. I Am Pilgrim is simply one of the best suspense novels I've read in a long time.” #1 New York Times bestselling author - David Baldacci Ben Coes, New York Times bestselling author of international espionage thrillers featuring Dewey Andreas Like many, I thought that Terry Hayes’s first novel, “I Am Pilgrim” was among the best thrillers I had read for long time. I joined those anticipating keenly his follow-up. “The Year of

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Exhilarating...Hayes masterfully guides readers through an incredibly elaborate, drum-tight plot." Newsday Terry Hayes's first novel, I am Pilgrim was released about 10 years ago and I do remember it coming out because I was in the book trade at the time but got distracted with other books and forgot about it! think it is one of the best standalone thriller novels I have ever read. Now, that's a pretty big claim because being widely read in my favorite genre of all time, it just blew me away. For the American politician, see Terry Hayes (politician). For the American wheelchair fencer, see Terry Hayes (fencer).

As good, if not better, than Hayes' debut. Don't make any plans for the week after you start reading' Daily Mirror Epic and immersive, new and unexpected, and his research into spycraft is deep and compelling Mail on Sunday It's a very obvious five star read for me and Terry, if you happen to read this review, consider yourself invited on to my Book Tube channel for a chat! It’s the tenth anniversary of the publication of I Am Pilgrim which to my eternal gratitude found a huge audience around the world,” said Hayes in last month’s official press release from Emily Bestler Books, an imprint of Atria Books at publishing powerhouse Simon & Schuster. “To my great relief, I have now completed my new novel, which has been a far longer journey than I anticipated. To say that it’s epic is something of an understatement, but I am incredibly proud of it and even more excited that it has the opportunity to reach an audience at last.” Dan lees je over Kane en zijn uiteindelijke ontmoeting met de grootste vijand en ook hier was de spanning goed aanwezig. Uiteindelijk krijgt het verhaal in de laatste twee delen ook een sci-fi tintje, dus dit moet wel je smaak zijn, anders weet ik niet zeker of het je gaat bevallen.Hayes delivers muscular prose, sniper-round accurate dialogue and enough superb and original plotting to fill three volumes. He balances it all with the dexterity of the accomplished storyteller that he so obviously is. I Am Pilgrim is simply one of the best suspense novels I've read in a long time.” David Baldacci This portion of the book sees Kane getting displaced forward in time after a disastrous voyage in a prototype submarine that has cloaking technology and he finds himself 24 years in the future where New York is an apocalyptic landscape and The Locust has been hell bent on destroying the world - pretty out there, huh? I was impressed with the confidence of Hayes' narrative voice and the complexity in his plotting, both of which make the violence and the tradecraft details thoroughly believable (and probably real).“ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The narrative is thrilling: the tension tightens with action...It's a murder mystery, an illuminating account of contemporary international politics and a study of an unusual man......An excellent thriller which as a first novel is really remarkable." UK Literary Review Kane reist erheen om een man met cruciale informatie voor de veiligheid van het Westen te evacueren, maar in plaats daarvan ontmoet hij een vijand die de wereld tot aan de rand van de afgrond zal brengen. Een angstaanjagende, intelligente, wrede man met bloed aan zijn handen en wraak in zijn hart... Move over Jason Bourne. CIA operative Kane redefines the smart but vulnerable bad ass super spy in this dazzling cat-and-mouse thriller where the entire globe is a chessboard, and everyone’s playing for keeps. Lisa Gardner Hayes' debut novel, I Am Pilgrim was published by Transworld Publishers on 18 July 2013. That same month, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired the film rights to the novel with Hayes attached to adapt it into a screenplay. [8] His second novel entitled The Year of the Locust was planned for release in 2016, [9] was finally released 9 November 2023.An intriguing, multi-perspective thriller… the story made me almost miss my subway stop. People Magazine