Whiteout | 
 enlarge | Manufacturer: Signet
Category: EBooks
List Price: $7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  138 reviews
Sales Rank: 19268
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
ASIN: B000OIZUZ8
Publication Date: March 3, 2007
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Product Description
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.
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Well... October 26, 2008
Not the best Ken Follett book I ever read, but it was still a nice read. I would recommend reading this book if you're waiting at a airport, in a doctor's office, or some such, or if you're bored and sick and want something to read after you're sick of watching TV. Not that this book sucked, but it could have used more. The idea was very good, but it fell flat on delivery in some places, and the ending was a bit cliched. If Ken had put in more detail and thought, this book would have delivered better. I'd say three and a half stars is a fair rating for this book.
Great but... October 19, 2008
I enjoyed this book. I liked the complex characters and the story line - theft of a dangerous virus from a laboratory in Scotland - was very engaging.
My one critique is that in the last chapter the author had Kit (Stanley's son) teaching the black guy to read. Come on!! This is 2008!
Ken, you should be well pass such racial stereotyping behavior. Besides, I found it unbelievable that a guy who is a major player in a vast gangster organization is unable to read.
Move with the times. Next time pick on someone else!
Follett is So-so, at best... October 6, 2008
This is the second time I'm trying a Ken Follett book, seeing the fan following he seems to be getting (the first being "Hammer of Eden"). I don't know whether it's just my bad luck, or whether Follett is simply not my type of author.
In fact, to give credit where it's due, this is better than Hammer of Eden, in the sense that the plot is believable, and actually quite thrilling. I was riveted to the book for almost the entire length of the story, but the climax was a big let down for me.
The plot is simple - the purported theft of a super-deadly strain of experimental virus from a super-secure lab, and the attempts to retrieve it, in the background of Christmas vacations and a blizzard! The speed of the book is really good, and that's the primary reason my rating is 3 out of 5, and not 2!
Follett also creates some really memorable moments of emotional exchange between the various characters, most of whom happen to be at the Oxenfeld Mansion. In fact, the things going for the book are:
- characters well developed, especially that of Toni
- the sub-plot (secondary plot, if you'd rather!) is also well developed and is not relegated to any step-treatment at any time
- the two plots are brought together quite deftly and believably
What the book has going against it are:
- let down in the climax
- the scare of the virus is never let become real enough
- Kit's character turns out to be the weakest link in the end (!)
overall rating: 3 / 5
 Better than Outbreak September 6, 2008
There's a lot going on in this book. Nothing surprising, but it keeps you going. I enjoyed reading it, but I won't read it again. I'll probably sell it to a half price book store. Not sure if I would give it to a friend to read.
 I loved it August 25, 2008
I read this book in two days - I couldn't put it down. It was entertaining from start to finish. I laughed out loud a couple of times. After I read the back of the book I wasn't expecting a masterpiece. I wanted to read something that was faced-paced and very entertaining. This book delivered.
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