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Cold People

From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Child 44

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Cold People

By: Tom Rob Smith
Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
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 'An ambitious, cinematic thriller' Observer
'A talented storyteller' The Times
'A cinematic epic' Daily Mail

What if our only hope of survival becomes our greatest threat?

From the brilliant, bestselling author of Child 44 comes a suspenseful and fast-paced novel about a colony of global apocalypse survivors seeking to reinvent civilisation under the most extreme conditions imaginable.

The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist… Antarctica.

Cold People follows the journeys of a handful of those who endure the frantic exodus to the most extreme environment on the planet. But their goal is not merely to survive the present. Because as they cling to life on the ice, the remnants of their past swept away, they must also confront the urgent challenge: can they change and evolve rapidly enough to ensure humanity’s future? Can they build a new society in the sub-zero cold?

Original and imaginative, as profoundly intimate as it is grand in scope, Cold People is a masterful and unforgettable epic.

Praise for Tom Rob Smith

‘A remarkable achievement’ Jeffery Deaver
‘Amazing’ Lee Child
‘Chilling, hypnotic and thoroughly compelling’ Mark Billingham
‘Truly original and chilling’ Jojo Moyes
‘Tom Rob Smith’s mastery of suspense will make any reader’s heart pound’ Financial Times
‘A thrilling, intense piece of fiction’ Observer
‘Ingeniously plotted... a high voltage story’ New York Times
‘Perfectly plotted, utterly terrifying’ Daily Mail
‘A mind-blowing, addictive plot that will have you on the edge of your seat’ Stylist
‘A powerful page-turner’ GQ
‘Taut and atmospheric’ Irish Independent
‘Masterly... read this and shiver’ Telegraph Coming of Age Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Survival Exciting
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Felt like this book could have been much bigger and written in greater depth. Disappointing after all the hype.

Poor narration. Superficial

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disaster stories ans there ould be no more variants, along comes a corker 😁 👍

Just as you thought you'd read all possible disast

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What a fantastic concept. The story does not go into the detail of the mass exodus and why but more about the current situation of mankind 20 years later.
Great plot and character development.
I really enjoyed this title.

Very enjoyable

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I'm not really sure what to make of this one. I feel it was a poetry of story. The real meaning about connections, love and loss, rather than science fiction.

If you want a story about what it is to be human and what it is to loss, struggle and love in the face of despair within themes of science fiction, then this book is for you.

If you're looking for a book about pure sci-fi, then look elsewhere.

A different read

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started off taking me one direction, ended up as a survival feature which was a clever move. lived it, original, clever and gripping.

loved the narrative twist

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