The Year of the Locust

A Thriller

By: Terry Hayes

Narrated by: Jeff Harding

Length: 29 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Terry Hayes, author of the #1 global bestseller I Am Pilgrim, returns with this terrifying and eagerly awaited instant bestseller.

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

Story ok

Narrator terrible!!!! Can’t do female voices. Drops endings on words . False folksie. I hated his narration

Great story

Loved the plot and characters. The performance was excellent and I highly recommend this audiobook.

An unrealistic turn of events

The story begins well enough. It was not near as enthralling as I Am Pilgrim. Without giving any spoilers the story has an odd twist toward the end. Not what I was expecting at all. I can’t say not to listen to this book. The narrator does a wonderful job! If he had not performed so well I probably would’ve stopped listening before the halfway point.

Worth a read

This is not a sequel to I am Pilgrim. The story is good, there is a twist in the last 1/3 of the book I didn’t love, but was setup and done fine. Terry Hayes does a good job of telling a story, but he didn’t intertwine all the threads as well as he did in I am Pilgrim. It’s definitely worth a read.

Great start of spy novel turns into weird Sci-Fi story 2/3 down the line

Hayes builds up a nice, complex and realistic spy story - 15 h of nice tension to listen to. Then: some fully unrealistic Sci-Fi turn - won’t tell more, but if you’re not into that (and I am not), then this is a turn-off. If you don’t mind , then Hayes’ latest is cool.

Sjo

The story was great until it went sci-fi. Liked the characters, historical perspectives, and science and engineering feats.

Disappointed in the narrator - really liked I Am Pilgrim's narrator and he would have done a far better job with different characters.

NOT another I am Pilgrim

This book was not at all similar to his prior book. I specifically bought this book because I think “I am Pilgrim” is one of the best spy books ever written. This is more of a Robert Ludlum mixed with Andy Weir. It’s well written and enjoyable. A little over the top and definitely sci-fi. Had this been his first book, I would not have bought a second though.

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.