The Survivor

The Survivor

by TomCain (Author)

Synopsis

Samuel Carver makes bad accidents happen to worse people. He's very good at his job. But nobody's perfect. And one of Carver's targets has got away. Now the world faces a new age of conflict driven by religious fanaticism. In Russia, the government have admitted they no longer know the whereabouts of one hundred small-scale 'suitcase nukes'. In Afghanistan and Kosovo, ruthless terrorists plot the downfall of their hated enemies. In Texas, a dying billionaire plots his own personal Armageddon. And Carver can do nothing to stop them. He was beaten and tortured and left to die, but Samuel Carver is a hard man to kill.When he awakes in a Swiss sanatorium from weeks of torment, he discovers that the woman he loves has vanished. Somehow he must find the strength to track her down. Carver's hunt will take him deep into the heart of a conspiracy in which the lives of millions are at stake. He must confront an agonizing choice between his duty and his heart, and face the ultimate sacrifice. As the clock ticks down to doomsday, who will survive the final, explosive conflagration? In "The Survivor" the worlds of fact and fiction collide in a thriller that grips from the first page to the last.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 544
Publisher: Corgi
Published: 01 Jan 2009

ISBN 10: 0552155535
ISBN 13: 9780552155533
Book Overview: The Accident Man is back.

Media Reviews
Jason Bourne meets From Russia With Love. If you like breakneck pace, glamorous settings, a never-say-die hero, and the stakes bursting with end-of-world consequences, this one is for you -- Andrew Gross
Samuel Carver is a classic flawed hero to match all the greats... and we want more of him! * crimesquad.com *
Tense, terse and fraught with anxiety, The Survivor makes you zip through the pages as if your life depended upon reaching the conclusion before your heart gives out * shotsmag.co.uk *
Another stunner... The pace of the narrative and the twists of the storyline make for compulsive and vastly entertaining reading -- Wilbur Smith
Irresistible. Smart and fast paced, with everything you want from an international spy thriller -- Chelsea Cain, author of Heartsick
Author Bio
Tom Cain is the pseudonym for an award-winning journalist, with twenty-five years experience working for Fleet Street newspapers. He is the author of The Accident Man.