A government secret about the end of the world will change whatâs left of a manâs suburban life in this thriller by an Edgar Awardâwinning author.
California businessman J. Middleton Little is on company assignment in Chicago when heâs caught eavesdropping on a top-secret confab between high-level government officials. J. knows he isnât just hearing things; they actually referred to the coming Armageddon. To ensure his silence, J.âs been offered the chance of a lifetime: seven seats on an âarkâ scheduled to carry the last vestiges of the human race from Earth before the apocalypse. In a matter of minutes, J. has gone from a self-described âmiddle-class, middle-income, middlebrow man-of-the-streetâ to one of the most privileged men in the universe. The only stipulation: He canât tell a single soul until the proper time.
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For now, itâs back to life in Burbank with his dutiful, intuitive wife; an underhanded and scheming son; his impossibly spoiled daughter; his unhinged father; and a mother-in-law whose religious fanaticism is making J. think twice about his role as saviorâespecially when he finds himself shadowed by an insidious pack of secret agents, counterspies, and a lone madman on a terrifying mission.
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Soon enough, J.âs once-ordinary world will be ripped apart by threats, deceit, cover-ups, secrets, and shifting family loyalties. It will also leave J. wondering what he really does know, what he doesnât, what heâs been led to believe, and above all, why. J. Middleton Little has a lot to learn before the end.
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This smart, inventive thriller by âthe American queen of suspense novelistsâ is impossible to put down (New York Telegraph).