Ken Follett returns to the thriller with a fast-paced novel that imagines the unimaginable.

In the Sahara desert, two intelligence agents track down a powerful terrorist group risking their lives - and, when they fall head over heels in love, their careers - at every turn.

In China, a high-ranking government official is battling old hawks from the Party's hardliners who threaten to push the country past the point of no return.

And in the United States, the president faces a global crisis and a siege from her implacable political opponents. She is willing to do anything to avoid an unnecessary war.

But when one act of aggression leads to another and the world's greatest powers find themselves trapped in a complex web of alliances from which they cannot escape, a frantic race against time begins. Can anyone, even with the best of intentions and the most exceptional abilities, stop the inevitable?

It is never an extraordinary thriller, full of heroines and villains, false prophets, elite agents, disenchanted politicians and cynical revolutionaries. Follett sends a warning message for our times in an intense and fast-paced story that transports readers to the edge of the abyss.

“When I was researching for Giants Fall, I was shocked to realize that World War I was a war that no one wanted. No European leader on either side intended it to happen. But one by one, emperors and prime ministers made decisions - logical and moderate decisions - that brought us one small step closer to the most terrible conflict the world has ever known. I came to believe that it was all a tragic accident.

And I wondered: could it happen again?

KEN FOLLETT

The critic has said:

"A brutal thriller. Pure Ken Follett."

Jacinto Anton, El País

"They can never be lost. They're going to have a terribly good time."

Pepa Fernandez, RNE

"One of the best spy novels I've read in quite some time."

Sergio Vila-Sanjuán, La Vanguardia

"Follett has one of the most brilliant and overflowing imaginations in contemporary literature."

Javier del Pino, Cadena SER

"An addictive political thriller already shaping up to be another global bestseller."

The world

"Urgent and fiercely exciting."

Washington Post

"A dazzling thriller and one of the most exciting reads of the year."

Daily Express

"Audacious in its scale and meticulously documented, it never makes other international espionage books seem timid, lazy, and parochial."

The Sunday Times

"Get ready for an electrifying experience."

CNN.com

"Absolutely riveting... A smart, terrifying and highly plausible thriller."

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"Fantastic... A towering, powerful display from one of the genre's greatest writers."

Publishers Weekly

"The plots of the story will absorb you in such a way that you will follow them anywhere... and suddenly you will realize that you have read hundreds of pages. On the one hand it is fantastic entertainment; on the other, a window to a possibility that will give you food for thought».

Kirkus

"Essential. A reading that will surprise you until the last of its pages and that you will not be able to put down at any time.

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About the author they said:

Follett is a teacher.

Washington Post

"I still envy Follett's ability to entertain like the first day. His plots work every time and he keeps you glued to every page."

Juan Gomez Jurado, ABC

"Follett is, without question, one of the most successful writers working today."

The Spanish