Description |
316 pages ; 24 cm |
Content |
text |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
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. |
Note |
Originally published in German as, Blackout : morgen ist es zu spät ; Roman. München : Blanvalet, 2012. |
Subject |
Computer crimes -- Investigation -- Europe -- Fiction.
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Hackers -- Europe -- Fiction.
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Electric power failures -- Europe -- Fiction.
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Genre |
Mystery fiction.
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ISBN |
9781492654414 |
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1492654418 |
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