Oh, goodie. Oh, joy! I'm so happy when an author returns from a long absence with a knockout thriller to show for his time spent wandering in the writing wilderness. Payne Harrison’s new work, Eurostorm
, is his first book in 13 years, and it's a first-rate techno thriller. First line from the Prologue:
"A galaxy of crystalline stars peppered the desert night as a Bedouin tribesman named Abu Nadir plodded along the sandy path, taking the lead in front of a recalcitrant pair of camels."
This book is every bit as good as Harrison's previous book Storming Intrepid
, which was a New York Times Bestseller. His earlier stories are Cold War classics that helped invent the modern techno-thriller genre.With EUROSTORM, he knocks his story out of the park again – this time aboard a bullet train as it races under the English Channel from London to Paris. Sealed within the vault of a fortified security car is a highly classified, lethal substance. But, oops--when the train exits the tunnel heading toward Paris, Scotland Yard learns too late that an evil force has risen--literally, from the grave--to jack a cargo that could alter the world as we know it.
Harrison described some of the back story for his new novel in a Q&A over at his web site.It's a fascinating look into how a writer gets the "boys in the back room" working to create a story.
You've gotta get your hands on this one!
