The Year of the Locust

A Thriller

De: Terry Hayes

Narrado por: Jeff Harding

Duración: 29 h y 17 m

Resumen del Editor

In this “absolutely brilliant, tension-filled tour de force” (Brad Thor) from New York Times bestselling author Terry Hayes, CIA spy Kane confronts an evil that could bring the world to a cataclysmic end.

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.

©2024 Terry Hayes (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

Plot didn’t make that much sense

I enjoyed the book, but it didn’t really make that much sense at a number of important moments. I like books where people make believable decisions and there as a few points where this book didn’t pass that test in my eyes.

A genre-flounting epic

This spy thriller had me glued to the pages, especially the middle of the book, which was filled with action and tradecraft. The last third veered into time-traveling and wove the story together. it's a unique tale and will stick with me.

What a Wild Ride

The Year of the Locust is simply stunning. It is an amazing journey through space and time, it requires the suspension of belief at times. The characters and locales are vivid. This is now one of my all time favorites.

excellent!

absolutely loved this listen. it went in a completely different direction than i thought it would but in the best way. check out ‘i am pilgrim’ too! can’t wait for another😎

All and more

An excellent confluence of multiple action genres with deep research and wonderful originality. Fifteen words and I am out!

Stick with it!!!!

This is quite a saga! It gets a little mind bendy but I found it so worth it to read to the end.

The nonstop action

I loved this book even though I was reluctant to start it due to its length. I didn’t think anything in the genre that was so long could ever sustain a pace to make it worthwhile, but because I loved his first book, “I am Pilgrim,” I bought it and listened to it. I was wrong. Even at more than 20 hours listening time, this book is filled with action and suspense from beginning to end and the story flies by. This book has wonderful writing, with an outstanding story with twists and turns, and a completely surprise twist about 3/4 of the way through the book; and an explosive ending. In addition, the narrator hits all the right notes. I can’t recommend this audio version of the book more highly. If you love thrillers, buy this book.

Fantastic Novel

Wow! You’ll find such great writing and narration in this novel! Everything about it is superb. I can’t recommend it any higher. His first narrative was superb as well. I look forward to listening to all of his books in the future and can’t wait until everyone comes out. 

Crazy story that Christopher Nolan should adapt

Started out as a good spy thriller and around part 3, a WTF moment happens that literally had me stopping what I was doing and hear it again. It’s been awhile that a book does that too me. Overall cool story, thrilling read, and great narrator.

One of the best ever.

The ability to connect with the reader is astonishing.
The emotion that shows up in the last section was unexpected.
A joy to read.