Outbreak a terrifyingly real thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author
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Born in 1961, Frank Gardner has been the BBC's Security Correspondent since 2002. He holds a degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies. In 2004, while filming in Saudi Arabia, he was ambushed by terrorists, shot multiple times and left for dead. He survived and returned to active news reporting within a year. He still travels extensively. Awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to journalism, Frank published his bestselling memoir, Blood and Sand, in 2006. His first novel, the thriller Crisis, which introduced readers to SIS operative Luke Carlton, was a No.1 bestseller. The second Luke Carlton thriller, Ultimatum, was also a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller, as was the third, Outbreak. Frank Gardner lives in London.Grips from the very first page . . . this is thriller writing of a high order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise to make an enthralling, intelligent read.
- Adam LeBor, FINANCIAL TIMES
Tackles what must now be most governments' worst nightmare: the deliberate generation of a pandemic by bio-terrorists . . . packed with authentic detail, <i>Outbreak</i> is both horrifying and entertaining.
- Natasha Cooper, LITERARY REVIEW
A gripping zeitgeisty thriller . . . an authentic feel . . . plenty of action . . . a proper page turner.
- Paul Burke, NB magazine
Compulsively readable.
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