Kevin Powers' first novel, The Yellow Birds, won the Guardian First Book Award, the PEN/Hemingway Award, and was a National Book Award Finalist. His poetry collection, Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting, was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and Forward Prize. His second novel, A Shout in the Ruins, was published in 2018.Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University and holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a Michener Fellow in Poetry. He served in the US Army in 2004 and 2005 in Mosul and Tal Afar, Iraq.
A thriller with a conscience . . . If you're looking for an
entertaining, intelligent, and effortlessly readable late addition
to the summer reading list, A Line in the Sand is just the
ticket
*Sunday Times*
A stunning novel . . . Kevin Powers provides what any discerning
reader desires the most - complex and flawed characters, precise
use of language, succinct description and believable dialogue . . .
One is reminded of Graham Greene's or Robert Stone's work, only set
in the 21st century . . . Vivid, seemingly tossed-off descriptions
abound, but the book is also filled with gems of wisdom on interior
states
*New York Times*
A slow-burning thriller punctuated with understated violence . . .
Powerful, cynical and, on occasion,
unexpectedly tender in its depiction of grief, A Line in the Sand
is one of the best crime novels of the year to date
*Irish Times*
Tense and enthralling . . . Already compared to le Carré, Powers
superbly demonstrates an ability to generate a lyrical story that
is both delicate and thrilling
*Daily Mail*
[A] compelling tale of death and shadowy conspiracy. Powers writes
evocatively about the depth and grief of loss and exile. Yet his
characters, no matter how tested, retain their humanity.
*Financial Times*
A cracking mystery . . . Let's hope Powers sticks to writing
thrillers, because A Line in the Sand is a blast
*Guardian*
A wise, insightful and gripping thriller exploring the tragedy of
war - its grief, greed, and treachery
*Daily Mirror*
A deeply compelling story that is both angrier and larger in scope
than its predecessor . . . A Line in the Sand succeeds . . .
because of its brilliantly nuanced depiction of how veterans deal
with coming home to a nation that is, in many ways, as treacherous
as a war zone
*Washington Post*
Expertly told . . . thrilling
*Los Angeles Times*
A riveting powerhouse of a book, A Line in the Sand pits two small
town cops - and a mysterious Iraqi interpreter whose secrets have
already gotten a lot of people killed - against corruption and
violence at the highest levels of government. A spellbinding and
totally original thriller; Kevin Powers has reinvented himself as
novelist yet again
*Philipp Meyer, author of THE SON*
Sure to rank among the year's best thrillers, A Line in the Sand is
a tense, twisting, and thoughtful story of the intersection between
grief and greed - and the human lives crushed in the middle. Kevin
Powers writes with uncommon grace, delivering the rare novel that
is both propulsive and contemplative, calling to mind writers as
varied as Tim O'Brien and Michael Connelly
*Michael Koryta, author of NEVER FAR AWAY*
Kevin Powers walks-the-walk and talks-the-talk in this compelling,
frighteningly knowledgeable thriller
*Craig Johnson, author of the Longmire Series*
Taut and enjoyable . . . Powers shows such skill in smoothly
blending polemic with intrigue and (often viscerally violent)
action that you'd swear he's an old hand at the thriller genre
*Daily Telegraph*
Powers has done it again. A Line in the Sand has it all . . . Enjoy
the latest from a superb storyteller
*David Baldacci, author of THE 6:20 MAN*
A thriller, with a crime so big and characters so flawed, you'll be
holding your breath the whole time . . . The book's got all the
stuff you've always loved about Powers' writing: a deep and abiding
understanding of what soldiers sacrifice, a thoughtful examination
of the place he grew up, and prose so beautiful it'll make you
weep
*Rachel Beanland, author of FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER*
Kevin Powers' story has the vivid writing, memorable characters,
complex plot, and perfect pacing that we get in the best crime
fiction, but A Line in the Sand is also something more: a timely
indictment of a political system that attempts to disguise greed as
benevolence. My admiration for Powers' writing increases with each
new novel
*Ron Rash, author of SERENA*
PRAISE FOR THE YELLOW BIRDS
'A masterpiece . . . a classic'
Books of the Year, THE TIMES
'A stunning achievement - visceral [and] poignant'
SUNDAY TIMES
'Remarkable . . . every line is a defiant assertion of the power of
beauty to revivify'
HILARY MANTEL, GUARDIAN
'A wonderful, powerful novel that moves and terrifies'
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'An important novel by a formidable talent'
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