The Dying Light

Terrifyingly plausible surveillance thriller from an espionage master

By: Henry Porter

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Paperback | 30 May 2019 | Edition Number 1

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480 Pages

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A chilling police surveillance thriller from 'one of the masters of the genre' Sunday Telegraph

At the funeral the bells of the church were rung open rather than half-muffled, as is usual for the dead. Kate Lockhart has come, along with corporate leaders, ministers and intelligence chiefs, to a beautiful town in the Welsh Marches to mourn her soul mate, David Eyam, the brightest government servant of his generation. All that remains of Eyam are the burnt fragments of a man killed far from home in a horrific explosion.

Eyam has left a devastating legacy which certain people at the funeral are desperate to suppress - but Kate Lockhart is equal to Eyam's legacy. She becomes the focus of the state's paranoiac power and leads the local resistance to it, directed from beyond the grave by Eyam.

And the state is no match for the genius of the dead...

An incredibly prescient thriller set in the aftermath of the Snowden news story from the bestselling author of Brandenburg.

About the Author

Henry Porter has written five novels for Orion and one children's novel. In 2005, his novel Brandenburg, which is set in East Germany at the time of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, won the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. His thriller Empire State, the first about extraordinary rendition, was also nominated for the award. His books have been widely acclaimed and translated into over a dozen languages.

Industry Reviews

This is a rare book - a real page turner and profoundly important - John Humphrys

For those who like political thrillers, this is one of the season's best: scary, informative and, alas, eminently believable - The Economist

A wonderful novel. I read it addictively and was sorry the minute it was over. It's way too good to be called a thriller - Richard Ford

The Dying Light bowls along at a cracking pace with more twists and turns than a street map of Venice - Independent

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