01886cam a2200325 4500 537956886 TxAuBib 20211119120000.0 210305s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021009867 9780593300015 hbk $36.00 0593300017 hbk $36.00 (OCoLC)1237807084 TxAuBib Follett, Ken. Never / Ken Follett. First edition. New York : Viking, 2021. 802 p ; 25 cm. INGRAM 11/18/21. "Every catastrophe begins with a little problem that doesn't get fixed." So says Pauline Green, president of the United States, in Ken Follett's nerve-racking drams of international tension. A shrinking oasis in the Sahara Desert; a stolen US Army drone; an uninhabited Japanese island; and one country's secret stash of deadly chemical poisons: all these play roles in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Struggling to prevent the outbreak of world war are a young woman intelligence officer; a spy working undercover with jihadists; a brilliant Chinese spymaster; and Pauline herself, beleaguered by a populist rival for the next presidential election. "Never" is an extraordinary novel, full of heroines and villains, false prophets and elite warriors, jaded politicians and opportunistic revolutionaries. It brims with cautionary wisdom for our times and delivers a visceral, heart-pounding read that transports readers to the brink of the unimaginable." -- jacket. 20211119. Deserts Fiction. Intelligence officers Fiction. Presidents United States Fiction. Women presidents Fiction. World politics Fiction. Suspense fiction. BELPL