{"product_id":"whiteout-isbn-9780451225146","title":"Whiteout","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Everyone likes a page-turner, and Follett is the best.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A hell of a storyteller\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Ken Follett reinvents the thriller with each new novel. But nothing matches the intricate knife-edge drama of \u003ci\u003eWhiteout\u003c\/i\u003e. . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eWhiteout\u003c\/i\u003e rockets Follett into a class by himself.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWhiteout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A blizzard of treachery and violence . . . an adrenaline-pumping thriller.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Associated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] feverish plot.\" —\u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Movie-style twists and hairbreadth escapes.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Undeniably suspenseful.\" —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Scary . . . provides a rush of fear.\" —\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Almost nonstop action with a plausible and sufficiently frightening plot . . . a page-turner, pure and simple.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Tennessean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Follett goes down a high-concept road. . . . [He] handles the tension of the circumstances nicely.\" —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A literate, plausible, suspenseful tale that keeps you turning pages well past bedtime.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Raleigh News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Follett's sure hand at the controls of a high-octane plot delivers the expected thrills.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Follett's trademark tension and breakneck pacing.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Exciting.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Kansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Follett\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world’s best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follett’s first bestseller was \u003ci\u003eEye of the Needle\u003c\/i\u003e, a spy story set in the Second World War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1989 \u003ci\u003eThe Pillars of the Earth \u003c\/i\u003ewas 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIts sequels, \u003ci\u003eWorld Without End \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Column of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFollett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305116455141,"sku":"NP9780451225146","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780451225146.jpg?v=1767744137","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/whiteout-isbn-9780451225146","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}