Never

• The New York Times and Amazon bestseller
• Best book of the month on Apple Books

In the Sahara, two elite intelligence agents are on the trail of a powerful gang of drug dealers, so they are constantly risking their lives, and when they fall in love, their careers. Meanwhile, a beautiful young widow tries to escape from the captivity of modern slave owners on her way to Europe, and is accompanied by a mysterious stranger who, it seems, is not at all who he says he is.

In China, an ambitious government official who hopes for a decent future for his homeland is fighting against the old guard of communists who are pushing China, and with it, its closest ally, North Korea, to the point of no return.

On the other side of the world, in the United States, Pauline Green, the country's first female president, is deftly diplomatic in the face of terrorist attacks, illegal arms trade, and black PR campaigns by her main political opponent. Pauline wants to avoid war at all costs - and does everything in her power to do so.

However, one act of aggression leads to another, and now the world's most powerful states find themselves in a web of mutual obligations from which it is impossible to get out. And when all the pieces of the ominous puzzle fall into place, can even one with the most sincere intentions and unparalleled diplomatic talent stop the inevitable?

Never is an epic novel from acclaimed wordsmith Ken Follett. This is a world-scale drama, an extraordinary thriller about heroines and villains, false prophets and real warriors, moderate politicians and opportunistic revolutionaries. Full of cautionary wisdom for our time, this captivating novel will take the reader to the very edge of the unbelievable.