The Warehouse
By (Author) Rob Hart
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Corgi Books
1st September 2020
20th August 2020
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
Technothriller
Narrative theme: Social issues
Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Narrative theme: Politics
Speculative fiction
Satirical fiction and parodies
813.6
Paperback
480
Width 127mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
325g
A riveting and immersive thriller which takes our current reality and transforms it into a terrifyingly recognisable future 'Engrossing ... Big Brother meets Big Business - that pretty much nails it' Stephen King 'A gripping read, a literary blockbuster with brains. Horribly compelling' The Observer 'A triumph' The Guardian ___________________ In a world ravaged by bankruptcy and unemployment, Cloud is the only company left worth working for. But what will it cost you Amidst the wreckage of America, Cloud reigns supreme. Cloud brands itself not just as an online storefront, but as a global saviour. Yet, beneath the sunny exterior, lurks something far more sinister. Paxton never thought he'd be working Security for the company that ruined his life, much less that he'd be moving into one of their sprawling live-work facilities. But compared to what's left outside, perhaps Cloud isn't so bad. Better still, through his work he meets Zinnia, who fills him with hope for their shared future. Except that Zinnia is not what she seems. And Paxton, with his all-access security credentials, might just be her meal ticket. As Paxton and Zinnia's agendas place them on a collision course, they're about to learn just how far the Cloud will go to make the world a better place. To beat the system, you have to be inside it. What people are saying about The Warehouse- 'Literary blockbuster' Observer 'A triumph' Guardian 'Brilliantly imagined' BBC Culture 'Inventive, addictive' Paul Tremblay 'Thrilling' Blake Crouch 'An Orwellian thriller' Publisher's Weekly 'Wildly imaginative yet terrifyingly real' Riley Sager 'Taut, tense and masterful' Chuck Wendig 'One of the breakout books of the year' Barnes & Noble 'Holds up a dark mirror to our times' San Francisco Chronicle 'A jet black satire of modern consumerism' Waterstones 'A thriller of ideas ... taut action, incisive cultural commentary ... shades of Fahrenheit 451 and Jurassic Park.' USA Today
A gripping read, a literary blockbuster with brains * Observer *
Featuring an explosive twist-in-the-tail climax, this terrifying hybrid of Orwells Nineteen-Eighty-Four and Zamyatins We is a triumph * Guardian *
A dark satire The Warehouse fires an exhilaratingly unsubtle broadside against a world where the wage gap is becoming a yawning chasm * Financial Times *
A thrilling, thought provoking read almost more fact than fiction * Daily Express *
A convincing, horrifying post-Orwellian future brilliantly imagined * BBC Culture US *
Rob Hart has been a political reporter, the communications director for a politician, a commissioner for the city of New York and is currently a publisher. The Warehouse is his first standalone novel and has been optioned for film by Ron Howard, director of Rush and Solo- A Star Wars Story. Rob lives in Staten Island, New York.