The Year of the Locust: The ground-breaking second novel from the internationally bestselling author of I AM PILGRIM

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Epic and immersive, new and unexpected, and his research into spycraft is deep and compelling Mail on Sunday It’s the tenth anniversary of the publication of I Am Pilgrim which to my eternal gratitude found a huge audience around the world,” said Hayes in last month’s official press release from Emily Bestler Books, an imprint of Atria Books at publishing powerhouse Simon & Schuster. “To my great relief, I have now completed my new novel, which has been a far longer journey than I anticipated. To say that it’s epic is something of an understatement, but I am incredibly proud of it and even more excited that it has the opportunity to reach an audience at last.” He resigned to produce a prominent current affairs radio program and a short time later, with George Miller, wrote the screenplay for Road Warrior/Mad Max 2. He also co-produced and wrote Dead Calm, the film which launched Nicole Kidman’s international movie career, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and a large number of TV movies and mini-series – including Bodyline and Bangkok Hilton – two of which received international Emmy nominations. In all, he has won over twenty film or television awards.

It felt like I was sitting at the feet of a master storyteller telling me his life story and this is really what this book is about.

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An intriguing, multi-perspective thriller… the story made me almost miss my subway stop. People Magazine

I Am Pilgrim is a twelve-course meal of a thriller.... A breathtaking accomplishment of a debut. Gregg Hurwitz It has been a long decade for those of us awaiting a follow-up to Terry Hayes’s debut thriller I Am Pilgrim (2013). No other recent thriller has matched its level of excitement: to achieve a comparable adrenaline rush, you would have to abandon your sofa and go bungee-jumping. The tale of an American secret agent tasked with preventing a Saudi terrorist from unleashing a deadly smallpox virus, Hayes’s novel seemed for once to justify the epithet of “epic”, which can usually be dismissed, when applied to thrillers, as a euphemism for “too long”. Dan lees je over Kane en zijn uiteindelijke ontmoeting met de grootste vijand en ook hier was de spanning goed aanwezig. Uiteindelijk krijgt het verhaal in de laatste twee delen ook een sci-fi tintje, dus dit moet wel je smaak zijn, anders weet ik niet zeker of het je gaat bevallen. Whatever you’re doing right now, stand up and turn around. Take a good look at the edge of your seat. That’s where you’ll be clinging when you read I Am Pilgrim.” Naples Daily News I Am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes, is one of the best thrillers I have read in a real long time. New York Daily NewsSimply amazing…I Am Pilgrim is a fantastic read and needs to be on everyone’s summer must-read list. That's What She Read

Lyrical, epic, sweeping, and bold—THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST shows the world once again that Terry Hayes isn't just a master at his craft—he's one of the best to ever do it." Connor Sullivan Het jaar van de Sprinkhaan' telt maar liefst 765 pagina's en is opgedeeld in vier delen. Je maakt kennis met Kane, een spion die werkzaam is voor de CIA. Hij wordt op missie gestuurd naar het Midden-Oosten en daar is het behoorlijk gevaarlijk... We all fell in love with Terry Hayes when he took the spy thriller world by storm in 2014. I Am Pilgrim is still today nine years later is considered by many to be the finest book written for a thriller fan. After periods spent as an investigative reporter, columnist and radio show host, Hayes met director George Miller when he did the novelisation of the script to Mad Max (1979). He and Miller got on well and the director subsequently hired Hayes to help on the script for Mad Max 2 (1981). [2] Compare this with the thrillers written by Mr or Mrs Clinton, and you come away feeling that Hayes is the one who has more inside knowledge' TelegraphKane travels there to exfiltrate a man with vital information for the safety of the West – but instead he meets an adversary who will take the world to the brink of extinction. A frightening, clever, vicious man with blood on his hands and vengeance in his heart…

BANGKOK HILTON". The Canberra Times. Vol.64, no.19, 745. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 October 1989. p.31 . Retrieved 28 September 2020– via National Library of Australia.For the American politician, see Terry Hayes (politician). For the American wheelchair fencer, see Terry Hayes (fencer).