Like no other suspense author in his genre, Follett reinvents the thriller with each new storyline. But nothing matches the intricate, knife-edge drama of Whiteout. 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. As a Christmas Eve blizzard whips out of the north, several people converge on a remote family house. Stanley Oxenford, the research company's director, has everything riding on the drug he is developing to fight the virus--but he isn't the only one: His grown children, who have come to spend Christmas, have their eyes on the money it will bring; Toni Gallo, forced to resign from the police department in disgrace, is betting her career on keeping the drug safe; a local television reporter, determined to move up, has sniffed the story, even if he has to bend the facts to tell it; and a violent trio of thugs is on its way to steal it for a client already waiting--though what the client really has in mind is something that will shock them all. 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, Whiteout rockets Follett to a class by himself.

肯•福莱特（Ken Follett，1949－）

通宵小说大师，爱伦•坡终身大师奖得主。

20部小说被译成33种语言，累计总销量已逾1.6亿册。

在欧美出版界，肯•福莱特这个名字就是畅销的保证。

1978年，他凭借悬疑小说《针眼》获得爱伦坡奖，声名鹊起，从此专职写作。2010年，获得国际惊悚悬疑大师奖。2013年，获得爱伦•坡终身大师奖。

【一个拥有柏林墙的作家】

柏林市政府为了感谢肯•福莱特的写出了《永恒的边缘》，送给他一块柏林墙。

【一个铜像成为热门景点的作家】

肯•福莱特等身铜像已成为西班牙维多利亚市的热门景点，书迷从世界各地赶来合影。

【一个屡屡打破销售记录的作家】

肯•福莱特的小说World Without end上市10天就登顶了西班牙所有畅销排行榜。

【一个拥有专属档案馆的作家】

萨基诺谷州立大学为他建立了一座档案馆，那里存放着许多他的资料和手稿。

作者官方网站：www.ken-follett.com