Wirral Life Issue 74 | Page 13

REVIEW OF TERRY HAYES ' THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST ' BY SUE PORTER

Terry Hayes is an award-winning Hollwood screenwriter , Emmynominated producer , and journalist . His film credits include Pay Back , From Hell , Mad Max 2 and Vertical Limit . He has lived in the UK , Australia and the US and now lives in Switzerland with his wife and children . I Am Pilgrim was his debut novel and a multi-million global bestseller . His new book The Year of The Locust .

The world stands at a crossroads . One way lies a future . The other , annihilation . It will take the journey of a lifetime to save it . There are no second chances …

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 ...

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