Filled with startling twists Whiteout is the ultimate knife-edge drama from Ken Follett
- an international bestselling author who is in a class of his own As a blizzard whips down from the north on Christmas Eve several people converge on a remote family house Stanley Oxenford director of a pharmaceutical research company has everything riding on a drug he is developing to fight a lethal virus Several others are interested in his success too his children at home for Christmas with their offspring have their eyes on the money he will make; Toni Gallo head of his security team & recently forced to resign from the police is betting her career on keeping it safe; an ambitious local television reporter sniffs a story even if he has to bend the facts to tell it; & a violent trio of thugs are on their way to steal it with a client already waiting As the storm worsens & the group is held under siege by the elements the emotional sparks crackle & dark secrets are revealed that threaten to drive Stanley & his family apart for ever