The Doom Watcher: He imagined America's worst nightmares. Now someone is making them real
Jun 2027 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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He imagined America’s worst nightmares.
Now he has five days to stop them.
Joshua ‘Mitch’ Mitchell used to write movies. Now he writes disasters.
As a government ‘doom watcher’, Mitch is paid to imagine the unthinkable: terrorist attacks, infrastructure failures, mass-casualty events. His scenarios are locked away offline in the Black Room, alongside the plans to stop them.
Then he misses a flight, returns to the office after hours – and catches armed intruders stealing the files.
Within hours, a security guard is dead. Mitch is wanted for murder. And one of his own nightmares is coming true.
The first attack is only the beginning. With the files in their hands, the killers know exactly how to bring America to its knees – and how to defeat every countermeasure.
Mitch has five days to stop them.
Hunted by the police and unable to trust his own boss, he must find out who is turning his scenarios into reality. He knows how these disasters unfold. He knows where the weaknesses are.
And whoever stole his plans knows he’s the one man who could stop them.
Five days to stop a catastrophe.
If he can stay alive that long.
Now he has five days to stop them.
Joshua ‘Mitch’ Mitchell used to write movies. Now he writes disasters.
As a government ‘doom watcher’, Mitch is paid to imagine the unthinkable: terrorist attacks, infrastructure failures, mass-casualty events. His scenarios are locked away offline in the Black Room, alongside the plans to stop them.
Then he misses a flight, returns to the office after hours – and catches armed intruders stealing the files.
Within hours, a security guard is dead. Mitch is wanted for murder. And one of his own nightmares is coming true.
The first attack is only the beginning. With the files in their hands, the killers know exactly how to bring America to its knees – and how to defeat every countermeasure.
Mitch has five days to stop them.
Hunted by the police and unable to trust his own boss, he must find out who is turning his scenarios into reality. He knows how these disasters unfold. He knows where the weaknesses are.
And whoever stole his plans knows he’s the one man who could stop them.
Five days to stop a catastrophe.
If he can stay alive that long.
He imagined America’s worst nightmares.
Now he has five days to stop them.
Joshua ‘Mitch’ Mitchell used to write movies. Now he writes disasters.
As a government ‘doom watcher’, Mitch is paid to imagine the unthinkable: terrorist attacks, infrastructure failures, mass-casualty events. His scena...
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About the author
Gavin Bell is a thriller writer and author of the Carter Blake series published by Orion under the pseudonym Mason Cross. The first, The Killing Season, was published in 2014 and was longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award. It was followed by four further novels in the series, including the Richard and Judy Book Club selection The Samaritan. He has also written standalone thrillers as Alex Knight, including Hunted and Darkness Falls. He lives in Glasgow with his wife and three children.
Gavin Bell is a thriller writer and author of the Carter Blake series published by Orion under the pseudonym Mason Cross. The first, The Killing Season, was published in 2014 and was longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award. It was followed by four further novels in...
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