The Year of the Locust
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The Year of the Locust
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Narrated by:
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Jeff Harding
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By:
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Terry Hayes
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
A Financial Times Best Thriller of the Year 2023
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.
But some places don't play by the rules. Some places are too dangerous, even for a man of Kane's experience. The badlands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan meet are such a place - a place where violence is the only way to survive.
Kane travels there to exfiltrate a man with vital information for the safety of the West - but instead he meets an adversary who will take the world to the brink of extinction. A frightening, clever, vicious man with blood on his hands and vengeance in his heart...
‘Utterly gripping, elegantly written... most definitely worth the wait’ Observer
'Epic and immersive, new and unexpected... deep and compelling' Mail on Sunday
'Compare this with the thrillers written by Mr or Mrs Clinton, and you come away feeling that Hayes is the one who has more inside knowledge' Telegraph
Sunday Times bestseller, January 2024
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Then came part 4. Why the author chose this direction is anyone’s guess. It’s not just the change of genre but the sheer preposterousness of the storyline.
A real shame.
A spy thriller that morphs into the unbelievable and ridiculous
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And if you approach this book knowing that, and knowing it has some sci-Fi elements to it. I think you’ll enjoy it.
(Mini spoilers)
If you think you are getting another I am pilgrim, you do, for about the length of a normal spy book, getting an almost complete “prequel” to the second half of the book, where our protagonists now established, go off and do more stuff.
Normally a Sci-Fi would start i the strangest place and establish a backstory through flashbacks, why is our hero do heroic, ect. In this book, we don’t get that. We start in present day spy world. And once everyone is set in place, we continue into a second act with an almost separate story, 241.
So I can see why people are shocked and upset, as his first book was a classic, Anti terrorist, spy caper, and they wanted more of the same.
You do get that, and very much in Terry’s style. So if you like his previous book, and either enjoy sci-Fi as well as spy-Fi, or you have an open mind, you’ll like it.
If James Bond’s invisible car upset you when Piece Brosnan drove it in the naughties, you might need to give it a miss.
Spy-Fi
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Very unexpected!
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A thrilling tale
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I chose it on the basis that I’d really enjoyed reading I Am Pilgrim several years ago, but I have been using Audible for the past 2 years so just took the book without listening to a sample.
To be fair, I’ve heard some pretty poor productions with irritating voice narrators, but you usually get used to them over time…but this one!!!
It is the most monotone dreary southern American accent and the narrator speaks with exactly the same melodic repeated pattern regardless whether he is taking about torture, suspense or love. He isn’t really able to differentiate the characters either.
The best thing I can say is that it helps me get to sleep really quickly.
I love Audible, but for this one I recommend you buy the book!!
Terrible Narration
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