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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Joshua 'Mitch' Mitchell used to write movies. Now he writes disasters.
As a government ‘doom watcher’, Mitch is paid to dream up the worst things that could happen: terrorist attacks, infrastructure failures, pandemics, mass-casualty events. Every nightmare scenario is locked away offline in the Black Room - along with the countermeasures designed to stop them.
Then Mitch misses a flight, returns to the office after hours, and witnesses armed intruders stealing the files.
Within hours, a security guard is dead, Mitch is framed for murder, and one of his own scenarios is already unfolding. Someone has America’s worst nightmares in their hands - and they’re testing them.
With the police hunting him, his boss lying to him, and a mysterious stranger warning him to run, Mitch has only one advantage: paranoia is part of the job. To stop the next attack, he’ll have to think like the people using his plans against him.
Because the worst-case scenario isn’t coming.
It’s already begun.
As a government ‘doom watcher’, Mitch is paid to dream up the worst things that could happen: terrorist attacks, infrastructure failures, pandemics, mass-casualty events. Every nightmare scenario is locked away offline in the Black Room - along with the countermeasures designed to stop them.
Then Mitch misses a flight, returns to the office after hours, and witnesses armed intruders stealing the files.
Within hours, a security guard is dead, Mitch is framed for murder, and one of his own scenarios is already unfolding. Someone has America’s worst nightmares in their hands - and they’re testing them.
With the police hunting him, his boss lying to him, and a mysterious stranger warning him to run, Mitch has only one advantage: paranoia is part of the job. To stop the next attack, he’ll have to think like the people using his plans against him.
Because the worst-case scenario isn’t coming.
It’s already begun.
Joshua 'Mitch' Mitchell used to write movies. Now he writes disasters.
As a government ‘doom watcher’, Mitch is paid to dream up the worst things that could happen: terrorist attacks, infrastructure failures, pandemics, mass-casualty events. Every nightmare scenario is locked away offline in the...
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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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