Blackout

By Marc Elsberg

Book Overview

"Fast, tense, thrilling -- and timely: this will happen one day. Highly recommended." --Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series

This is no accident.

This is no act of God.

This is a Blackout.

When the lights go out one night, no one panics. Not yet. The lights always come back on soon, don't they? Surely it's a glitch, a storm, a malfunction. But something seems strange about this night. Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electrical grids collapse. There is no power, anywhere.

A former hacker and activist, Piero investigates a possible cause of the disaster. The authorities don't believe him, and he soon becomes a prime suspect himself. 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. After all, the power doesn't just keep the lights on--it keeps us alive.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492654418
• ISBN13: 9781492654414
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"