Marc Elsberg Books

THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER PUBLISHED IN 15 LANGUAGES WORLDWIDE A 21ST-CENTURY HIGH-CONCEPT DISASTER THRILLER Tomorrow will be too late. A cold night in Milan, Piero Manzano wants to get home. Then the traffic lights fail. Manzano is thrown from his Alfa as cars pile up. And not just on this street - every light in the city is dead. Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electricity grids collapse. Plunged into darkness, people are freezing. Food and water supplies dry up. The death toll soars. Former hacker and activist Manzano becomes a prime suspect. But he is also the only man capable of finding the real attackers. Can he bring down a major terrorist network Before it's too late?

DISCOVER THE TECHNO THRILLER THAT ROCKED THE INTERNET GENERATION A Guardian thriller of the month: 'Elsberg is nothing if not prescient' _______ ZERO, an anonymous activist, has given the world a warning: stop the tech giants before it’s too late. But is anyone listening? Thousands of teenagers are signing up to Freemee, the biggest new social media site, uploading personal information in exchange for advice on what to eat, how to dress, even how to choose their friends. No-one questions what Freemee is doing with all that data. Until hundreds of users begin to take their lives. What will it take to bring down the Freemee mastermind, and who is up to the job? ________ ‘Worryingly real’ SUNDAY SPORT ‘Elsberg is utterly prescient’ GUARDIAN 'Sinister and realistic' GLAMOUR READERS ARE BLOWN AWAY BY THIS THRILLER: - On edge, intricate and fast paced. I approached it on recommendation and was blown away - Reads like an actual real life documentary. I wonder how close to the truth it is? Very is my guess. - If you are looking for an engrossing plot as well as plenty of food for thought than I can recommend you give Zero a try.

"The world economy is in freefall. But one group are doing just fine: the super-rich. Herbert Thompson, renowned Nobel prize-winning economist, is on his way to Berlin to give a speech. He plans to reveal a groundbreaking formula that will halt the economic downturn and bring prosperity for all. On the way, he is killed in a car accident. A young cyclist, Jan, sees it all. He is determined to find out more. But there are powerful forces, ready to go to any lengths, to keep him silent. Can anyone stop the meltdown before it's too late?"--Provided by publisher