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Whiteout Mass Market Paperback – October 25, 2005

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"Everyone likes a page-turner, and Follett is the best." —The Philadelphia Inquirer

"A hell of a storyteller" (Entertainment Weekly), #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett reinvents the thriller with each new novel. But nothing matches the intricate knife-edge drama of Whiteout. . . . 

A missing canister of a deadly virus. A lab technician bleeding from the eyes. Toni Gallo, the security director of a Scottish medical research firm, knows she has problems, but she has no idea of the nightmare to come.
 
As a Christmas Eve blizzard whips out of the north, several people, Toni among them, converge on a remote family house. All have something to gain or lose from the drug developed to fight the virus. As the storm worsens, the emotional sparks—jealousies, distrust, sexual attraction, rivalries—crackle; desperate secrets are revealed; hidden traitors and unexpected heroes emerge. Filled with startling twists at every turn, Whiteout rockets Follett into a class by himself.

Look out for Ken's newest book, A Column of Fire, available now.
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    Penguin Books
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    October 25, 2005
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  6. ISBN-10
    0451215710
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"A blizzard of treachery and violence . . . an adrenaline-pumping thriller." —The Associated Press

"[A] feverish plot." —Rocky Mountain News

"Movie-style twists and hairbreadth escapes." —The Wall Street Journal

"Undeniably suspenseful." —Entertainment Weekly

"Scary . . . provides a rush of fear." —New York Post

"Almost nonstop action with a plausible and sufficiently frightening plot . . . a page-turner, pure and simple." —The Tennessean

"Follett goes down a high-concept road. . . . [He] handles the tension of the circumstances nicely." —San Francisco Chronicle

"A literate, plausible, suspenseful tale that keeps you turning pages well past bedtime." —The Raleigh News & Observer

"A new breed of thriller . . . an agonizingly protracted, nail-biter ending drags readers to the very edge of their seats and holds them captive until the last villain is satisfactorily dispatched." —Publishers Weekly

"Follett's sure hand at the controls of a high-octane plot delivers the expected thrills." —Booklist

"Exciting? Absolutely. . . . Follett makes the formula work with his trademark strong females, large cast of characters, and race-against-the-clock pace . . . high-speed escapism." —Library Journal

"Follett's trademark tension and breakneck pacing." —Kirkus Reviews

"Exciting." —The Kansas City Star

 

 

About the Author

Ken Follett is one of the world’s best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follett’s first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. 

In 1989 The Pillars of the Earth was published, and has since become the author’s most successful novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah’s Book Club pick.
 
Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide.
 
Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books (October 25, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0451215710
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451215710
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.19 x 1.18 x 6.87 inches
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Ken Follett was only twenty-seven when he wrote the award-winning EYE OF THE NEEDLE, which became an international bestseller. His celebrated PILLARS OF THE EARTH was voted into the top 100 of Britain's best-loved books in the BBC's the Big Read and the sequel, WORLD WITHOUT END, was published to critical acclaim. He lives with his family in London and Hertfordshire.

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montana lady
5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps interest up.
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2023
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Enjoyed this book and how quickly it moved along for all of the characters. Good ending. A good story happening in a couple of days.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing, tense , and actually kind of fun!
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2023
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As always, I learned about things I knew little about while reading this book. That's always part of the pleasure of reading Mr. Follett's books. His descriptions of places, people, clothes, and foods let me easily forget the real world and feel like I'm a part of the scene. I appreciate how the characters' emotions and nuances capture the humanness we all can relate to or be repulsed by.
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naturalmama
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast-paced and believable
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I could hardly put this down! I kept thinking about how relevant this is almost 20 years later, when we've all been experiencing a pandemic. The characters were relatable, and telling the story from different viewpoints made it even more believable. I enjoy a fast-paced thriller, and I would definitely check out more books by this author.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2022
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The book cover declares Whiteout “undeniably suspenseful” according to Entertainment Weekly. Here’s more of the actual quote from ew.com:

“In declarative sentences so brutish and short that they sometimes read as if they were written by a lobotomy patient, Whiteout is an uninspired but undeniably suspenseful thriller.”

That’s a pretty apt description. Whiteout is a fast and fairly fun read, as long as you can suspend disbelief despite the ridiculous plot, and can get past some very cringe worthy moments. The writing is surprisingly below Ken Follett’s standards.
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Gary Griffiths
4.0 out of 5 stars A Blizzard of Bio-Terror
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2004
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Set in Oxenford Medical, a biomedical facility in Scotland, a lab technician is found dead at home, presumably the victim of a deadly Ebola virus variant housed at the facility. Beautiful and brainy females are often front-and-center in Ken Follett novels; in "Whiteout" it is Toni Gallo, former cop and current director of security for Oxenford, developer of anti-viral drugs to combat these deadly viruses. It is these drugs that attract the attention of a band of international burglars, commissioned by a presumed competitor to steal Oxenford's latest research. Kit Oxenford, the spoiled and sniveling son of Oxenford founder and CEO Stanley Oxenford, was the designer of the lab's security systems before being dumped from the firm for embezzlement. Up to his eyeballs in gambling debt and furious with his father for not cashing him out, the despicable Kit joins the band of thugs, providing all the information needed to override Oxenford security. But as the freak Christmas Eve storm shifts course towards the Scottish coast, this story of high-tech thievery becomes a tale as much about the weather as it is about bio-terrorism.

While this unlikely story is predictable and a bit over embellished, it is nonetheless gripping entertainment, hooking the reader in the first few pages and keeping them turning until the last bad guy is finally dispatched. Follett is never one to let rationality get in the way of a good story, and "Whiteout" is no exception - to the reader's benefit. A bit of a Robin Cook bio-thriller with some "Die Hard" thrown in, Follett's lean prose demonstrates again his uncanny ability as a storyteller, cranking out page-after page of non-stop action unadorned by fine literary baggage. While few characters in "Whiteout" are memorable, the brutish "Daisy" adds an interesting new dimension to the familiar psycho-thug, while the terminally dysfunctional Oxenford family provided some black comedy along with critical plot content. As long as the reader doesn't spend inordinate time dissecting the plot or the characters, and isn't overly distracted by some heavy-handed schmaltz, "Whiteout" is indeed terrific entertainment - the written-word version of that holiday season film the critics love to hate but viewers love to see.
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Debra Hamel
5.0 out of 5 stars Another page-turner from Ken Follett
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2005
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Christmas Eve starts out poorly for Antonia Gallo, head of security at Scotland's Oxenford Medical, when she discovers that two doses of a top secret experimental drug have gone missing. The drug is an antiviral agent, a potential antidote for the deadly Madoba-2 virus, and its disappearance suggests that the virus itself, kept in storage under the tightest possible security at the small pharmaceuticals firm, may have gotten out of the lab. In the next 72 hours Toni will find that the situation is far worse than she initially supposed: the security system at Oxenford has been breached by the one person capable of defeating its safeguards, someone who now has access to a highly infectious, easily released disease with a survival rate of zero. Throw into the mix an uncooperative police superintendent and an unexpected blizzard, and Toni may not be able to stop the bad guys from unleashing a plague with unprecedented killing power.

We've seen this sort of book from Ken Follett before: a highly competent heroine battles an amoral--or at least insufficiently moral--antagonist while overcoming obstacles thrown at her by a difficult former lover. The story is told from multiple perspectives, and the heroine's ultimate victory over her nemesis is never really in doubt. But if the general outline of Follett's plot is familiar, so too is the author's skillful build-up of page-turning suspense. Follett never fails to fashion characters one wants to root for, and he is adept at keeping the good guys forever in the thick of some horrific danger. Whiteout, like its predecessors in the author's shelf-full of bestsellers, is a great read.

Reviewed by Debra Hamel, author of Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece
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Louise
5.0 out of 5 stars Always a page turner with Ken Follett books
Reviewed in Canada on December 2, 2023
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I enjoy Ken Follett’s writing. His books are always a page-turner right from the start to the last page. His descriptions are insightful and readily imagined. I highly recommend ‘Whiteout’.
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J. Filho
5.0 out of 5 stars Suspense de primeira envolvendo roubo de vírus é intriga familiar
Reviewed in Brazil on April 17, 2023
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Um suspense de primeira ambientado na Escócia envolvendo laboratório de segurança máxima, intriga familiar. Recomendo para aqueles que gostam de uma boa leitura que prende a atenção do princípio ao fim.
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rodolfo
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Reviewed in Italy on July 27, 2023
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È una storia che ti prende e non ti permette di abbandonare la lettura fino al termine
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Gaps
5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, Insightful and Gripping!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 29, 2023
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I love reading Follett’s books and this was not a disappointment. The characters are described so splendidly with ones you hate and those you adore. A plot born out of hate and jealousy by a family member turns into a nail biting story of tension and suspense. Follett is a master story teller with an amazing ability to write about an enormous range of subjects. Enjoy!!
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