Cold People: From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Child 44
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Tom Rob Smith (Author)
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'An ambitious, cinematic thriller' Observer
'A talented storyteller' The Times
'A cinematic epic' Daily Mail
What if our only hope of survival becomes our greatest threat?
From the brilliant, bestselling author of Child 44 comes a suspenseful and fast-paced novel about a colony of global apocalypse survivors seeking to reinvent civilisation under the most extreme conditions imaginable.
The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist... Antarctica.
Cold People follows the journeys of a handful of those who endure the frantic exodus to the most extreme environment on the planet. But their goal is not merely to survive the present. Because as they cling to life on the ice, the remnants of their past swept away, they must also confront the urgent challenge: can they change and evolve rapidly enough to ensure humanity's future? Can they build a new society in the sub-zero cold?
Original and imaginative, as profoundly intimate as it is grand in scope, Cold People is a masterful and unforgettable epic.
Praise for Tom Rob Smith
'A remarkable achievement' Jeffery Deaver
'Amazing' Lee Child
'Chilling, hypnotic and thoroughly compelling' Mark Billingham
'Truly original and chilling' Jojo Moyes
'Tom Rob Smith's mastery of suspense will make any reader's heart pound' Financial Times
'A thrilling, intense piece of fiction' Observer
'Ingeniously plotted... a high voltage story' New York Times
'Perfectly plotted, utterly terrifying' Daily Mail
'A mind-blowing, addictive plot that will have you on the edge of your seat' Stylist
'A powerful page-turner' GQ
'Taut and atmospheric' Irish Independent
'Masterly... read this and shiver' Telegraph EU Toy Safety Directive - No warning
About the Author
Tom Rob Smith is the author of the acclaimed Child 44 trilogy. Child 44 itself was a global publishing sensation, selling over two million copies. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Prize and won the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His most recent novel, The Farm, was a Number One international bestseller. Tom also writes for television and won a Writer's Guild Award for best adapted series and an Emmy and Golden Globe for best limited series with American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace.
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- Contributor: Tom Rob Smith
- Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781471133121
- Number of Pages: 464
- Packaged Dimensions: 130x198x28mm
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Release Date: 2024-04-25
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Tom Rob Smith is the author of the acclaimed Child 44 trilogy. Child 44 itself was a global publishing sensation, selling over two million copies. It was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Prize and won the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His most recent novel, The Farm, was a Number One international bestseller. Tom also writes for television and won a Writer's Guild Award for best adapted series and an Emmy and Golden Globe for best limited series with American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace.
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