Nunca
Ken Follett
Publicado: 2021 | 618 páginas
Novela Intriga

Ken Follett regresa al thriller con una vertiginosa novela que imagina lo inimaginable.En el desierto del Sáhara, dos agentes de inteligencia siguen la pista a un poderoso grupo terrorista arriesgando sus vidas a cada paso.En China, un alto cargo del gobierno con grandes ambiciones batalla contra los viejos halcones del ala dura del Partido que amenazan con empujar al país a un punto de no retorno.Y en Estados Unidos, la presidenta se enfrenta a una crisis global y al asedio de sus implacables oponentes políticos. Está dispuesta a todo para evitar una guerra innecesaria.Pero cuando un acto de agresión conduce a otro y las potencias más poderosas del mundo se ven atrapadas en una compleja red de alianzas de la que no pueden escapar, comienza una frenética carrera contrarreloj. ¿Podrá alguien, incluso con las mejores intenciones y las más excepcionales habilidades, detener lo inevitable?Nunca es un thriller extraordinario, lleno de heroínas y villanos, falsos profetas, agentes de élite, políticos desencantados y cínicos revolucionarios. Follett envía un mensaje de advertencia para nuestros tiempos en una historia intensa y trepidante que transporta a los lectores hasta el filo del abismo.

Another excellent novel written with evident careful research and attention to both political and societal issues and attitudes across the globe. I love his writing and hope to read many more. ( )

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Never by Ken Follett is a political fiction book spanning the globe from intelligence agents fighting terrorism in the Sahara, and the implication they have up the chain to Presidents and generals. Mr. Follett is a bestselling author known for his Kingsbridge series.
In the Sahara Desert, intelligence agents from the US and Europe are following a drug cartel. The drugs are used to sponsor terrorism across the globe.

In China, the head of intelligence, a senior government official, wages a battle against the old Communists who are refusing to admit that reality has changed. The old hawks are pushing China and North Korea to an unwinnable situation.

Pauline Green, President of the United States, must navigate all these issues, as well as political attacks. Doing her best to navigate in treacherous diplomatic waters she is doing all she can to avoid an all-out war.

I always liked Ken Follett’s writing and was eyeing this book for a while before picking it up. I only read his historical fiction stories and did not know what to expect.

I was in for quite a ride, starting with intelligence agents, to being a fly on the wall at international policy meetings. Despite its girth, I found it difficult to put Never by Ken Follett down.

My favorite part of this cautionary tale was almost a step-by-step telling of how on-the-ground intelligence impacts national policy. How quickly things can escalate to international levels from the ground is really done well, and seemed plausible to me.

This is an exciting novel, with an international landscape. However, I never got the feeling that Mr. Follett used the setting just for glitz and glamour as they are in many other espionage books. There are no glamorous casinos or fancy hotel rooms, just gray people working their gray jobs in less-than-ideal conditions.

I enjoyed the characterization as well. Each person, to me, seemed real and fully realized. From the Arab refugee to world leaders – they all certainly get the same consideration and life story – as they should.

The United States and China, two superpowers, are also entangled in a struggle for leadership. The United States is struggling to understand the new world, (one of the points of the non-fiction book After the Apocalypse by Andrew Bacevich) as well as keep hawks away from the nuclear arsenal. China’s new crop of leaders is busy with the old Communist hawks vs. those who realized that war with the United States is a no-win scenario.

This book worked, for me, on many levels and kept my interest throughout. I couldn’t believe that, after 800 pages, I didn’t want it to end. ( )

This book takes place on multiple fronts, the White House, Chad, and Beijing primarily. The Chinese and the North Koreans sell arms to African countries, smugglers in Africa take desperate refugees to first world countries, the White House walks a tightrope trying not to appear weak and yet not willing to release Armageddon. The ending was singularly unsatisfying , but overall this was a griping story. ( )

"A complex, scary thriller that feels too plausible for comfort.