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WHAT THEY SAY:

'A dark and atmospheric thriller that keeps you gripped until the very last page' The Guardian

'This is a novel that exhilarates on all levels: the ideas are quite as forcefully realised as the machine-tooled plotting.' The Independent

'Paul McAuley's chilling White Devils plays cannily on our fears of unrestricted experimentation ... but this is only one of the many elements in a particularly heady brew. It's a biotech thriller, certainly ... a nightmare journey into a near-future Heart of Darkness ... but McAuley's consummate skills extend into the areas of characterisation and sociological observation, quite as much as the all-too-plausible scientific underpinnings ... All of this is handled with tremendous panache by the talented McAuley.' The Daily Express

'A pop thriller that's also a scarily believable tale of unchecked corporate greed.' Entertainment Weekly

'McAuley's heart-of-darkness is as bleak, scarifying, persuasive, and terrible as it gets.' Kirkus, starred review

'It is almost irrationally violent, over-the-top, exploitative, paranoid, and tasteless, and I liked it.' Gary K. Wolfe, Locus

'Believable near-future thriller that never lets the science slow down a ripping plot.' FHM

'McAuley, who has a fantastic backlist of novels to his credit, is one of the best in the genre at writing these near-future near-disasters. Infused with incredible energy and suspense, White Devils should please everyone from ecologically minded Kim Stanley Robinson fans to readers of political thrillers by John Le Carré and Frederick Forsyth.' Bookpage

'McAuley serves up a frighteningly believable future.' Booklist

'With vivid imagery McAuley has constructed a fantastical and frightening vision of a world of unbelievable evil; of mind bending, zombification, genetic engineering and human cloning. A must for fans of futuristic horror.' The Good Book Guide

'A breathtakingly plausible thriller' San Diego Union-Tribune

'Paul McAuley is a skilful purveyor of meltdown scenarios, and this is no exception. . . . crackles with incident, violence and tension . . . The science is present in the hugely impressive biology and the fiction is superb.' Dreamwatch

'A fast-paced Michael Chrichton-style ecological thriller, with one honest man taking on the forces of profit-driven greed.' The Ecologist

'A striking work' Starburst

'Fascinating and thought-provoking.' Impact

'. . . a controversial, incendiary novel from a writer of sharp and unusually catholic talents.' Waterstone's Quarterly

'Stunning proof that McAuley now leads the world in science thrillers. Not just a gripping, insightful novel, but a genuinely important book. Jaw-droppingly good.' Michael Marshall Smith

'Paul McAuley is a marvel. WHITE DEVILS is cool, elegant and frightening - a convincing visit to a near-future Heart of Darkness.' Greg Bear

'WHITE DEVILS is everything a thriller should be - intellectually adventurous, compulsively readable, and a little chilling in its view of a world just around the corner from our own. Paul McAuley is to be congratulated and - by those of us who practise his craft - envied for his achievement.' Lucius Shepard

'Paul McAuley's latest novel is his finest by far; an eco-thriller with a coool head and a dark heart, a complex, intelligent adventure armed with enough factual weaponry to get a lock on present-day global politics and propel it towards a chillingly logical future. This is a passionate world-class thriller with a brave moral viewpoint.' Christopher Fowler

'In WHITE DEVILS Paul McAuley has delivered a hard-edged near-future biotech thriller, and he sets a new standard in the field. Reading this book, I couldn't put it down. Having read it, I'll never set it aside.' Stephen Baxter

'McAuley's got a gift for plotting the ugliest trajectories of technological excess and bringing them to vivid, angry life.' Cory Doctrow

'McAuley evokes a new dark continent, an Africa where humanity - whether armed with a machete or with the latest technology of genetic engineering - is the most dangerous beast of all.' Maureen McHugh