No Harm Can Come to a Good Man, James Smythe
No Harm Can Come to a Good Man, James Smythe
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No Harm Can Come to a Good Man

Author: James Smythe

Narrator: Laurence Bouvard

Unabridged: 12 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 10/12/2017

Synopsis

How far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine. Soon, we'll be able to predict everything. We'll predict weather patterns, traffic jams. We'll predict who is going to run countries. Laurence Walker wants to be President of the United States. He's a sure thing: adored by the public, ex-military, a real family man. A good man. But then ClearVista, the world's foremost prediction software, tells the world his chances. And not only will he not be President, but it predicts that he's going to do the worst thing he can imagine. But can he change that destiny? Or is ClearVista simply showing him the man that he's always meant to be? It will predict that Laurence's life is about to collapse in the most unimaginable way.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tudor

Maybe the greatest thriller I've read in the last couple of years. And the science-fiction flavor gives it a social edge that the thriller genre usually lacks. I've become addicted to Smyhte fiction in the last two years and his next novel (I hope the third volume of the Anomaly Quartet) can come so......more

Goodreads review by Ellie

No Harm Can Come to a Good Man is another bleak vision of the near future from Mr Smythe, this time told through one man’s family. It’s a slow burn, the tension growing with one small event that snowballs out of control. The writing draws you in and I honestly started to feel anxious about these peo......more

Goodreads review by Alex

My human host's first introduction to James Smythe's work wasn't the best. He really wanted to like this - like, a lot. Especially as he loves a good near-future scenario that he can better relate to, rather than a distant future one. This reminded him of some aspects of The Circle by Dave Eggers in te......more

Quotes

‘A writer of bold imagination and verve’ Lauren Beukes ‘Savage, intimate and inexorable’ Nick Harkaway ‘Powerful and distinctive’ Guardian ‘Smythe’s storytelling is pacey and addictive; he has a fiendish talent for springing surprises’ The Times ‘Fully formed, fundamentally affecting, forward-thinking fiction. The sort of story that reminds us why we read, and what we, the people, need’ Tor.com

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