Full Product Details
Author: Marc Elsberg ,
Simon Pare
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Doubleday
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.605kg
ISBN: 9780857525550
ISBN 10: 0857525557
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 12 July 2018
Audience:
General/trade
,
General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Not available
Language: German
Reviews
A topical thriller set in the world of online activists pitted against corrupt IT companies who collect and analyse personal data. * Der Spiegel * A highly topical nightmarish scenario, which Elsberg says became a reality long ago. * Hit radio rt1 * A gripping thriller and a visionary story on the subject of 'Big Data' * rbb Kulturradio * With this thriller Elsberg qualifies as the spokesman for perhaps the most important debate in society today. * Bild * As with BLACKOUT Elsberg combines a realistic future scenario with a cleverly constructed plot - a thriller that confronts our fears. * ZDF *
A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE MONTH: [Exposes] the dark underbelly of social media giants' societal control via the manipulation of data. Elsberg is nothing if not prescient. -- Barry Forshaw * Guardian * A topical thriller set in the world of online activists pitted against corrupt IT companies who collect and analyse personal data. * Der Spiegel * A highly topical nightmarish scenario, which Elsberg says became a reality long ago. * Hit radio rt1 * A gripping thriller and a visionary story on the subject of 'Big Data' * rbb Kulturradio * With this thriller Elsberg qualifies as the spokesman for perhaps the most important debate in society today. * Bild * As with BLACKOUT Elsberg combines a realistic future scenario with a cleverly constructed plot - a thriller that confronts our fears. * ZDF * Marc Elsberg has a sixth sense for burning issues. So sinister and realistic, it will make you download encryption software immediately after reading. * Glamour * This may be fiction but it is unnervingly realistic. * Choice magazine * Zero is a tense tech thriller that reads worryingly real. -- Jon Wise * Sunday Sport * A captivating read and a very well-researched techno-thriller -- Andrew Hill * Shots magazine *
Author Information
Marc Elsberg is a former creative director in advertising. His debut thriller, the high-concept disaster thriller BLACKOUT, became a bestseller and one of the most successful thrillers of its kind in Germany. He has also given a TEDx talk on the subject of the horrors of an electrical grid failure. BLACKOUT and his follow-up, CODE ZERO were selected as Scientific Book of the Year in Germany. BLACKOUT was named Thriller of the Month by the Times. His latest bestselling thriller, GREED, contains cutting-edge research on the economy. He lives in Vienna, Austria.
