Outbreak

Grips from the very first page … this is thriller writing of a high order … Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise to make an enthralling, intelligent read. – Adam LeBor * FINANCIAL TIMES *
Tackles what must now be most governments’ worst nightmare: the deliberate generation of a pandemic by bio-terrorists … packed with authentic detail, Outbreak is both horrifying and entertaining. – Natasha Cooper * LITERARY REVIEW *
A gripping zeitgeisty thriller … an authentic feel … plenty of action … a proper page turner. – Paul Burke * NB magazine *
Compulsively readable. * RADIO TIMES *

Born in 1961, Frank Gardner has been the BBC’s Security Correspondent since 2002. He holds a degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies. In 2004, while filming in Saudi Arabia, he was ambushed by terrorists, shot multiple times and left for dead. He survived and returned to active news reporting within a year. Although paralysed in the legs, he still travels extensively, reporting from Ukraine to Colombia to Saudi Arabia.

Awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to journalism, Frank published his bestselling memoir, Blood and Sand, in 2006. His first novel, the thriller Crisis, which introduced readers to SIS operative Luke Carlton, was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. The second and third Luke Carlton thrillers, Ultimatum and Outbreak, were also bestsellers, as was the fourth, the Taiwan-set Invasion.

Frank Gardner lives in London.

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