{"product_id":"9781668055793","title":"The Year of the Locust: A Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003eTerry Hayes returns with the thrilling and eagerly awaited follow-up to his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling novel \u003ci\u003eI Am Pilgrim\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegarded as “the best book of 2014” (\u003ci\u003eSuspense Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e), “a big, breathless tale of nonstop suspense” (Janet Maslin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), and “simply one of the best suspense novels I’ve read in a long time” (#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author David Baldacci), Terry Hayes’s masterful thriller \u003ci\u003eI Am Pilgrim \u003c\/i\u003ewas the recipient of countless accolades. Now, with \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Locust\u003c\/i\u003e, Hayes has penned a breathtaking story about cutting-edge science, a government conspiracy, and one man’s desperate attempt to unravel it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuke Truman is a junior officer on board the USS \u003ci\u003eLeviathan\u003c\/i\u003e, the most advanced and powerful warship ever built. It is an eight-hundred-foot-long submarine which, among its vast array of weaponry and secret systems, boasts a top secret “cloaking technology.” Bending light around objects to render them invisible, it is the hottest military research innovation not just in the US, but throughout the world. Now the time has come for the first large-scale trial of its effectiveness. But neither Luke nor the United States government realizes the astonishing forces this experiment will unleash. What Luke discovers on board the \u003ci\u003eLeviathan \u003c\/i\u003eis that the future of our world is at a deadly tipping point and that only he will be able to stop the cascade of events which are leading them all inexorably towards doom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA breakneck story of nonstop suspense, \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Locust\u003c\/i\u003e is a high-concept thriller unlike any you’ve read before.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria\/Emily Bestler Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47918223851760,"sku":"9781668055793","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781668055793_p0.jpg?v=1763769342","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781668055793","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}