Manhattan Down
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Manhattan Down
By (Author) Michael Cordy
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
8th June 2025
8th May 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Physical Properties
Hardback
448
Width 156mm, Height 240mm, Spine 40mm
750g
Description
A propulsive rollercoaster high concept international thriller which dares to take the world to the edge of oblivion THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS JUST SAID GOODNIGHT On the anniversary eve of the 9/11 terror attack, New York swelters under a heat dome of record temperatures. Even the global leaders assembled at the UN HQ are forced to admitthat the climate crisis has reached boiling point and the world's time is running out. That same day, at precisely 5-25 p.m., everyone on Manhattan Island - every man, woman and child, including all the world leaders at the UN - falls unconscious. Everyone that is, except for Samantha Rossi, a single mother reeling from devastating personal news and Nick Lockwood, a wounded NYPD detective who wakes from a coma just as the City That Never Sleeps falls into one. Rossi's first concern is her daughter. Lockwood's is his city. As night draws in, they must work together to unravel the mystery of what has happened and why. Each must decide how far they will go and what lines they will cross to save what matters most to them. Manhattan Down is a pulse-pounding contemporary thriller which dares to imagine the unimaginable, a leaderless world being held to ransom by forces unknown for reasons unknown. The questions it asks are terrifying - and so are some of the answers.
Reviews
Praise for Michael Cordy * : *
Michael Cordy has given the British thriller a much-needed adrenalin injection...Our answer to Michael Crichton * Mirror *
A taut, gripping thriller. * The Times *
A master class in how it's done...sheer entertainment. * Observer *
Author Bio
Michael Cordy is the author of six previous novels, including the Sunday Times and international bestseller The Messiah Code (The Miracle Strain). His novels have been translated into several languages and four have been sold to Hollywood. Michael lives in London with his wife and daughter. Visit his website at www.michaelcordy.com.
