"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.

Von Bild der Wissenschaft zum spannendsten Wissensbuch des Jahres 2012 gekürt — »Elsberg flicht vier Handlungsfäden zu einem atemberaubenden Spannungsstrang zusammen.«

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ZERO: Sie wissen, was du tust
HELIX: Sie werden uns ersetzen
GIER: Wie weit würdest du gehen?
Der Fall des Präsidenten

DISCOVER THE TECHNO THRILLER THAT ROCKED THE INTERNET GENERATION

A Guardian thriller of the month: 'Elsberg is nothing if not prescient'
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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?
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‘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.

»Große Fragen, großes Kino.« ZEIT Wissen
»Diesmal geht es um Gentechnik, und wieder überkommt einen beim Lesen das pure Grauen …« NDR Kultur

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Blackout. Morgen ist es zu spät.
Zero. Sie wissen, was du tust.
Helix: Sie werden uns ersetzen.
Gier. Wie weit würdest du gehen?
Der Fall des Präsidenten

»Eine rasante Flucht durch die Berliner Hausbesetzer-Szene und Nobelhotels hält den Leser über 448 Seiten in Atem. Die komplexe Wirtschaftstheorie der britischen Wissenschaftler hat Elsberg dafür in eine simple Bauernfabel verpackt.« Deutschlandfunk Kultur

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Blackout. Morgen ist es zu spät.
Zero. Sie wissen, was du tust.
Helix: Sie werden uns ersetzen.
Der Fall des Präsidenten

Alle Leseproben zum Crime Day 2021 von:

Bernhard Aichner, Jan Beck, Alex Beer, Christa von Bernuth, Cilla, Rolf & Molly Börjlind, Claire Douglas, Karsten Dusse, Horst Eckert, Marc Elsberg, Lucy Foley, Ragnar Jónasson, Charlotte Link, Karen M. McManus, Håkan Nesser und Alex Pohl.