Cold People: From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
'An ambitious, cinematic thriller'Observer
'A talented storyteller'The Times
'A cinematic epic'Daily Mail
What if the only hope for survival becomes the greatest threat?
From the brilliant, bestselling author ofChild 44comes a suspenseful and fast-paced novel about a colony of global apocalypse survivors seeking to reinvent civilisation under the most extreme conditions imaginable.
The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist Antarctica.
Cold Peoplefollows the journeys of a handful of those who endure the frantic exodus to the most extreme environment on the planet. But their goal is not merely to survive the present. Because as they cling to life on the ice, the remnants of their past swept away, they must also confront the urgent challenge: can they change and evolve rapidly enough to ensure humanitys future? Can they build a new society in the sub-zero cold?
Original and imaginative, as profoundly intimate as it is grand in scope,Cold Peopleis a masterful and unforgettable epic.
Praise for Tom Rob Smith
A remarkable achievement Jeffery Deaver
Amazing Lee Child
Chilling, hypnotic and thoroughly compelling Mark Billingham
Truly original and chilling Jojo Moyes
Tom Rob Smiths mastery of suspense will make any readers heart pound Financial Times
A thrilling, intense piece of fiction Observer
Ingeniously plotted... a high voltage story New York Times
Perfectly plotted, utterly terrifyingDaily Mail
A mind-blowing, addictive plot that will have you on the edge of your seatStylist
A powerful page-turnerGQ
Taut and atmosphericIrish Independent
Masterly... read this and shiverTelegraph
'A talented storyteller'The Times
'A cinematic epic'Daily Mail
What if the only hope for survival becomes the greatest threat?
From the brilliant, bestselling author ofChild 44comes a suspenseful and fast-paced novel about a colony of global apocalypse survivors seeking to reinvent civilisation under the most extreme conditions imaginable.
The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist Antarctica.
Cold Peoplefollows the journeys of a handful of those who endure the frantic exodus to the most extreme environment on the planet. But their goal is not merely to survive the present. Because as they cling to life on the ice, the remnants of their past swept away, they must also confront the urgent challenge: can they change and evolve rapidly enough to ensure humanitys future? Can they build a new society in the sub-zero cold?
Original and imaginative, as profoundly intimate as it is grand in scope,Cold Peopleis a masterful and unforgettable epic.
Praise for Tom Rob Smith
A remarkable achievement Jeffery Deaver
Amazing Lee Child
Chilling, hypnotic and thoroughly compelling Mark Billingham
Truly original and chilling Jojo Moyes
Tom Rob Smiths mastery of suspense will make any readers heart pound Financial Times
A thrilling, intense piece of fiction Observer
Ingeniously plotted... a high voltage story New York Times
Perfectly plotted, utterly terrifyingDaily Mail
A mind-blowing, addictive plot that will have you on the edge of your seatStylist
A powerful page-turnerGQ
Taut and atmosphericIrish Independent
Masterly... read this and shiverTelegraph