While the authorities fight to control the impact of the blackout, one man in Italy, former hacker Pierre Manzano, realizes that a malicious code he wrote nearly 20 years ago during the 2001 G8 riots is to blame. On a cold November night, a fatal chain reaction in the European power grid plunges the continent into darkness – the world as we know it has changed forever. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.As a sudden blackout plunges Europe into darkness, the past catches up with a former hacker in this ambitious new international thriller. "lsberg delivers a thrilling read and sucks readers into a mind-boggling, all too scary world." - Library Journal "Part Dan Brown–style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut-a best-seller in Germany-will get people talking. ".intriguing and authentic, Blackout crackles with tension." - Grant Blackwood, New York Times bestselling author "Marc Elsberg's brilliantly written techno-thriller vividly shows how terrorists, instead of using guns and bombs, can sit at a keyboard and use computer code to bring the world to its knees." - Charles Belfoure, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect and House of Thieves The action jumps from country to country as the blackout spreads, racing towards an ending which is absolutely lights-out." - Sandra Block, ITW Thriller Award finalist and author of Little Black Lies and The Girl Without a Name
" Blackout is truly terrifying in its all-too-realistic premise.
"Fast, tense, thrilling - and timely: this will happen one day. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. After all, the power doesn't just keep the lights on―it keeps us alive. With the United States now also at risk, Piero goes on the run with Lauren Shannon, a young American CNN reporter based in Paris, desperate to uncover who is behind the attacks. The authorities don't believe him, and he soon becomes a prime suspect himself. There is no power, anywhere.Ī former hacker and activist, Piero investigates a possible cause of the disaster. Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electrical grids collapse.
But something seems strange about this night. The lights always come back on soon, don't they? Surely it's a glitch, a storm, a malfunction. When the lights go out one night, no one panics. Highly recommended." ―Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher seriesĪ terrifyingly plausible million-copy selling debut disaster thriller. "Fast, tense, thrilling ― and timely: this will happen one day.
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