_________________________________ 'a Stunningly Original Thriller Set In The World Of Tomorrow That Will Make You Think About What's Happening Today.' Harlan Coben 'i Read This Hungrily ... Its Intelligence And Bravura Characterisation Will Have You Turning Page After Page. A Fabulous Achievement.' Stephen Fry 'wonderful- Boldly Imagined And Beautifully Written - The Best Future-shock Thriller For Years.' Lee Child _________________________________ A World Half In Darkness. A Secret She Must Bring To Light. 2059. The World Has Stopped Turning. One Half Suffers An Endless Frozen Night; The Other, Nothing But Burning Sun. Only In A Slim Twilit Region Can Life Survive. In An Isolationist Britain, Ellen Hopper Receives A Letter From A Dying Man. It Contains A Powerful And Dangerous Secret. One That Those In Power Will Kill To Conceal... _________________________________ The Last Day- An Utterly Original Debut Thriller, Perfect For Readers Who Loved Robert Harris' Fatherland, Emily St. John Mandel's Station 11, And The Wall By John Lanchester. _________________________________ 'to Say It's Gripping Is An Understatement - I Cancelled All My Weekend Plans To Finish It' Sara Pascoe 'in His Fascinating Debut, Murray Has Crafted Something Original ... An Interesting New Twist On A Post-apocalyptic Tale.' Kirkus 'downright Impossible To Stop Reading. The Science Is Believable, The Near-future World Feels As Real As Our Own, The Characters Are Lively, And The Plot Is Suspenseful. A Near-perfect Alternate-future Thriller.' Booklist 'dark, Believable And Brilliantly Written' Jenny Colgan 'a Thrilling Page-turner, And A Reminder To Treasure Our Sunsets And Sunrises While We Still Have Them. I Couldn't Put This Book Down!' Christina Dalcher, Author Of Vox 'i Loved The Premise Of This High-concept Thriller ... A Compelling Read With Some Well-placed Observations On The Darkness Of Human Nature And Survival. The Last Day Will Keep You Gripped To The Very Last Page' C.j. Tudor

Andrew Hunter Murray

Andy Murray

London: Hutchinson

Cornerstone

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

2020-02-06

HALF THE WORLD IS DARK. ONLY SHE CAN SAVE THE LIGHT. A high-concept, utterly original debut thriller which envisages a world on the edge of catastrophe, perfect for readers who loved Robert Harris' Fatherland, Station 11, and The Wall by John Lanchester. It is 2059: forty years previously a solar catastrophe began to slow our planet's rotation. Now it has stopped so that one side of the world permanently faces the sun while the other is stuck in an eternal frozen night. Britain is one of the few fortunate countries. Located in one of the few remaining temperate zones, it should have the means to support itself. In reality though it is struggling, and today it is a land stalked by hunger and violence. It is also home to the American Zone, the last surviving enclave of the United States. Ellen Hopper is a British scientist living on a frostbitten rig in the cold Atlantic. She wants nothing more to do with her country after its slide into authoritarianism and decay. Yet when two government officials arrive demanding she return to London to see her dying tutor, she accepts - and begins to unravel a secret that threatens not only the nation's fragile balance, but the future of the whole human race

410 pages ; 24 cm
"2059. The world has stopped turning. One half suffers an endless frozen night; the other, nothing but burning sun. Only in a slim twilit region can life survive. In an isolationist Britain, Ellen Hopper receives a letter from a dying man. It contains a powerful and dangerous secret. One that those in power will kill to conceal..."--Publisher

In 2059, als de Aarde al dertig jaar stil staat, wordt een wetenschapster door haar oude mentor teruggeroepen omdat hij haar nog eenmaal wil spreken voor hij sterft. NL-ZmNBD

2023-10-09