{"product_id":"whiteout-9780451225146","title":"Whiteout","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Everyone likes a page-turner, and Follett is the best.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50625743126802,"sku":"9780451225146","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3820913e-6a89-419c-a7a4-6267d2fe773e.jpg?v=1732638814","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/whiteout-9780451225146","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}