The story follows the impact of an international electricity blackout that threatens the world, caused by a hacker attack on the computer systems controlling power stations and the distribution grid. Part Dan Brown-style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut-a best-seller in Germany-will get people talking.Blackout is the first thriller by Marc Elsberg, originally published in 2012 in Germany. Lsberg delivers a thrilling read and sucks readers into a mind-boggling, all too scary world. Charles Belfoure, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect and House of Thieves 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. Sandra Block, ITW Thriller Award finalist and author of Little Black Lies and The Girl Without a Nameįast, tense, thrilling - and timely: this will happen one day. The action jumps from country to country as the blackout spreads, racing towards an ending which is absolutely lights-out. Grant Blackwood, New York Times bestselling authorīlackout is truly terrifying in its all-too-realistic premise. intriguing and authentic, Blackout crackles with tension. 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. Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series About the Book Translation of: Blackout: morgen ist es zu speat.įast, tense, thrilling - and timely: this will happen one day.
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