Published By: Michael Joseph
Pages: 400
Released On: 26/06/2025
It’s the ultimate test of endurance: two-hundred-and-fifty miles in the brutal heat of the Sahara, with only the supplies you can carry on your back.
Adri is ready. Returning to ultra-running in the wake of a scandal, she needs to prove to herself – and her young son – that she’s a winner.
When a fellow runner is badly injured, Adri knows something isn’t right. Yet in a race this extreme, even a dead body can be explained away.
But there’s a killer stalking the hot sand. And the problem with running faster than everyone else, is that you’re miles ahead of anyone who can save you…
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Thanks to NetGalley and Michael Joseph for the advanced copy of this title in return for an honest review.
I absolutely love Amy’s novels. I thought Breathless was phenomenal, and then she topped it with Midnight, which was so good. Part of me worried that she couldn’t do it a third time but I know she can. And the fact that these seemingly impossible events, voyages etc. that Amy has actually done them herself is even more astounding.
This is going to sound a bit weird, but go with it, as I couldn’t get this idea out of my head. For some reason, this one felt more accessible than the other. Not many ‘average’ people will climb mountains to visit the Arctic. But people do do marathons and ultramarathons. Now I know this isn’t your average ultramarathon, it is more than that. And coming from me, someone who can barely walk to the end of the street without a walking stick, it seems a bit rich to say it’s more doable. But it did feel like something you might know someone doing.
It is fast paced, edge-of-your-seat, thrilling stuff. She is the best at writing these kind of stories; thrilling adventures in inhospitable environments where mental and emotional capacity is just as important, or maybe more so, than the physical.
It is mainly set in the present time, but we do get flashback chapters set seven years prior, which helps explain what is happening to Adrienne now.
It did take me a little while to get into It’s still very good, but I’d say the first 1/4 was a little slow to get going. But once the actual racing starts, it’s full on and there’s so may twists and turns and surprises.
It’s not my favourite of her books, but it’s still a marvellous piece of storytelling and she will continue to be a go-to author for tense and exciting thrillers.
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What I did find though – and in hindsight it might be the case for all thrillers – is that it was obvious that our main character was going to survive. Whilst it is a thriller and there are surprises and you do hold your breath to see what’s coming next, I didn’t find a huge amount of jeopardy about it.
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