The Year of the Locust Bantam Press (370778035)

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