'Shockwave is a stunning book, among the most immediate and thrilling works of history I have ever read.' Irish Times 'This is an utterly gripping work of micro-history . [Walker] proves himself a master of dramatic tension.' Sunday Express 'The excitement of the time is wonderfully captured in Walker's Shockwave. Brilliant.' Financial Times 'Devastating.' Daily Mail 'Timely and harrowing .succeeds in creating a dramatized documentary of the moment that changed history.
' Scotland on Sunday 'A roller-coaster ride through the memories of American servicemen, Japanese soldiers and civilians.invites comparison with John Hersey's still-classic Hiroshima.' Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) 'Superb .Walker writes with a sense of urgency and high drama.' Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) 'Uniquely readable, immediate and human .an exceptionally taut and revealing chronicle.' Booklist (Starred Review) 'Dramatic .an important page-turner.
' Entertainment Weekly 'Remarkable. I have been waiting for this book for sixty years.' Gitta Sereny, author of Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth 'Electrifying .The tension and concentration of Walker's thriller-like prose elicits a visceral response.' Chicago Tribune e.' Booklist (Starred Review) 'Dramatic .an important page-turner.' Entertainment Weekly 'Remarkable.
I have been waiting for this book for sixty years.' Gitta Sereny, author of Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth 'Electrifying .The tension and concentration of Walker's thriller-like prose elicits a visceral response.' Chicago Tribune e.' Booklist (Starred Review) 'Dramatic .an important page-turner.' Entertainment Weekly 'Remarkable. I have been waiting for this book for sixty years.
' Gitta Sereny, author of Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth 'Electrifying .The tension and concentration of Walker's thriller-like prose elicits a visceral response.' Chicago Tribune e.' Booklist (Starred Review) 'Dramatic .an important page-turner.' Entertainment Weekly 'Remarkable. I have been waiting for this book for sixty years.' Gitta Sereny, author of Albert Speer: His Battle with Truth 'Electrifying .
The tension and concentration of Walker's thriller-like prose elicits a visceral response.' Chicago Tribune.