Fever
Deon Meyer
Translator K.L. Seegers
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Summary
Fever was a #1 bestseller in South Africa—ahead of Jo Jo Moyes and J. K. Rowling—and is garnering passionate reviews. We have an early blurb from Stephen King, who praised Fever on Twitter saying, “Reminiscent of The Stand and The Passage. Great stuff.” Fever was selected by Publishers Marketplace as a 2017 Fall/Winter Buzz Book. Meyer has a devoted following in the U.S., selling more than 130,000 books in all formats. This is his breakout. An exhilarating new standalone from the author of the internationally acclaimed Benny Griessel thriller series, Fever takes readers to a dystopian world and into the heart of a troubled father-son relationship. This will appeal to readers of The Road by Cormac McCarthy and The Stand by Stephen King. Deon Meyer reports that this novel is producing the most passionate personal responses from readers he’s ever received. Meyer is a world-class thriller writer. He writes fantastically gripping books with inventive plots, realistic characters, and skillfully explores the realities of contemporary South Africa. Meyer’s most recent thriller, Icarus, was shortlisted for the 2016 CWA International Dagger Award and the Nielson Booksellers’ Choice Award. It was named a Best Book of the Year by the Boston Globe and Financial Times and was named one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Audiobooks of 2015. Meyer has a stellar reputation in the international crime fiction community and a growing profile in the United States. He was featured on the cover of Deadly Pleasures for Thirteen Hours, as “one of the most under-appreciated writers in the genre, especially in the U.S.” An international bestseller, Meyer is known as the “King of South African Crime.” His books have been published in 27 languages and have sold over 130,000 copies in the U.S. alone.