Whiteout, Ken Follett
Whiteout, Ken Follett
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Whiteout

Author: Ken Follett

Narrator: Josephine Bailey

Unabridged: 12 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 01/10/2005

Synopsis

"Everyone likes a page-turner, and Follett is the best." —The Philadelphia Inquirer

"A hell of a storyteller" (Entertainment Weekly), #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett reinvents the thriller with each new novel. But nothing matches the intricate knife-edge drama of Whiteout. . . .

A missing canister of a deadly virus. A lab technician bleeding from the eyes. Toni Gallo, the security director of a Scottish medical research firm, knows she has problems, but she has no idea of the nightmare to come.
 
As a Christmas Eve blizzard whips out of the north, several people, Toni among them, converge on a remote family house. All have something to gain or lose from the drug developed to fight the virus. As the storm worsens, the emotional sparks—jealousies, distrust, sexual attraction, rivalries—crackle; desperate secrets are revealed; hidden traitors and unexpected heroes emerge. Filled with startling twists at every turn, Whiteout rockets Follett into a class by himself.

About Ken Follett

Ken Follett, a Welsh novelist has written important bodies of work, such as: Eye of the Needle, The Key to Rebecca, Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Whiteout, The Century Trilogy. His genre includes thrillers and historical fiction. As a youth he was never allowed to watch television or movies, so out of boredom, he developed a keen interest in reading.

Follett had various jobs on his pathway to being a novelist. He was a general assignment reporter for the Evening News in London. He found that work to be very unchallenging, so he took a position as managing director of Everest Books and began writing fiction as an evening hobby. With the publication of Eye of the Needle in 1978 he became not only internationally known, but also wealthy. Follettโ€™s next project is a third book in his Kingsbridge series. The first two were The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, and is to be released in 2017.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dr. Appu on August 29, 2022

A deadly virus called Madoba-2 and the world at risk of a pandemic. This was more than enough for me to pick this book to read. COVID-19 pandemic and the quest to find out the initial source of the infection led to the spread of multiple conspiracy theories. Books like The Eyes of Darkness by De......more

Goodreads review by Holly on June 23, 2021

3.5 Stars My second novel by Ken Follett. The way he explores the minds and emotions of the characters really adds to the overall edginess. He takes you into their heads and you start wondering how some people can be so shallow. This is a crime mystery/thriller dealing with a deadly virus that is stol......more

Goodreads review by Maria on May 20, 2021

Invariavelmente Bom Um livro que foge ao estilo habitual de Ken Follet, mas que รฉ invariavelmente bom. ๐Ÿ˜ Uma prova do alcance da mestria do autor! Ken Follet persiste em nรฃo desiludir! ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐Ÿ‘......more

Goodreads review by Paul on April 28, 2024

Not quite what you'd expect, but it works just fine! Hey ... it's Follett's own fault. He set his own standards with previous blockbuster winners like PILLARS OF THE EARTH and EYE OF THE NEEDLE. Unfortunately, WHITEOUT simply fails to clear that bar. But, don't fret ... it's still eminently readable......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on September 14, 2020

Blink once or twice and you might mistake Whiteout's opening act for that other ode to mysophobia, The Hot Zone. Coming a full ten years after Richard Preston's fan favorite, Follett administers a quick shot of dรฉjร  vu, retreading familiar themes early on before cracking the lid on a dizzyingly dive......more

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Praise for Whiteout

"A blizzard of treachery and violence . . . an adrenaline-pumping thriller." —The Associated Press

"[A] feverish plot." —Rocky Mountain News

"Movie-style twists and hairbreadth escapes." —The Wall Street Journal

"Undeniably suspenseful." —Entertainment Weekly

"Scary . . . provides a rush of fear." —New York Post

"Almost nonstop action with a plausible and sufficiently frightening plot . . . a page-turner, pure and simple." —The Tennessean

"Follett goes down a high-concept road. . . . [He] handles the tension of the circumstances nicely." —San Francisco Chronicle

"A literate, plausible, suspenseful tale that keeps you turning pages well past bedtime." —The Raleigh News & Observer

"A new breed of thriller . . . an agonizingly protracted, nail-biter ending drags readers to the very edge of their seats and holds them captive until the last villain is satisfactorily dispatched." —Publishers Weekly

"Follett's sure hand at the controls of a high-octane plot delivers the expected thrills." —Booklist

"Exciting? Absolutely. . . . Follett makes the formula work with his trademark strong females, large cast of characters, and race-against-the-clock pace . . . high-speed escapism." —Library Journal

"Follett's trademark tension and breakneck pacing." —Kirkus Reviews

"Exciting." —The Kansas City Star

  

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