"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.

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.

»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

Lesen Sie auch:

BLACKOUT. Morgen ist es zu spät. Auch als Premiumausgabe – mit einer exklusiven Kurzgeschichte von Marc Elsberg und weiteren Extras!
ZERO. Sie wissen, was du tust.
HELIX: Sie werden uns ersetzen.
Der Fall des Präsidenten

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

Lesen Sie auch:

BLACKOUT. Morgen ist es zu spät. Auch als Premiumausgabe – mit einer exklusiven Kurzgeschichte von Marc Elsberg und weiteren Extras!
ZERO. Sie wissen, was du tust.
GIER. Wie weit würdest du gehen?
Der Fall des Präsidenten

CORRUPT BIG BUSINESS, ECONOMY IN MELTDOWN, THE THRILLER THAT WARNED US ALL

'Marc Elsberg is nothing if not prescient' GUARDIAN

It’s the near future: the world economy is in freefall. Mass unemployment and hunger rage as banks, corporations and countries go bankrupt. But one group are doing just fine: the super-rich.

Nobel prize-winning economist Herbert Thompson drives to an emergency summit in Berlin, to deliver his ground-breaking solution to the world’s elite: a formula that will reverse the downturn, transform the economy, and give everyone a share of the wealth.

Thompson never arrives. He is killed in a car crash on the way.

Jan, a keen cyclist out late, sees the incident. Convinced Thompson has been murdered, he vows to find out why.

But there are powerful forces at work, who will stop at nothing to keep Jan silent.

How far will they go to satisfy their greed? And who can stop them?

A spine-chillingly realistic thriller on the horrors of freewheeling capitalism and the threat of human greed.

By the global bestselling author of Blackout and Code Zero
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PRAISE FOR MARC ELSBERG

‘Fast, tense, thrilling, timely. This will happen one day’ LEE CHILD

‘Dazzling’ Times Book of the Month

'Both gripping and visionary' rbb Kulturradio

'Elsberg succeeds in combining complex storylines into one breathtaking tale of suspense' BILD

'Part Dan Brown-style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut will get people talking' BOOKLIST US

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.