Blackout
Elsberg, Marc, 1967-
Blackout a novel / - 316 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Originally published in German as, Blackout : morgen ist es zu sp�at ; Roman. M�unchen : Blanvalet, 2012.
9781492654414 1492654418
2016057256
Computer crimes--Investigation--Europe--Fiction.
Hackers--Europe--Fiction.
Electric power failures--Europe--Fiction.
Computer crimes--Investigation.
Electric power failures.
Hackers.
Suspense.
Europe.
Mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
PT2705.L73 / B5313 2017
833/.92
Blackout a novel / - 316 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Originally published in German as, Blackout : morgen ist es zu sp�at ; Roman. M�unchen : Blanvalet, 2012.
9781492654414 1492654418
2016057256
Computer crimes--Investigation--Europe--Fiction.
Hackers--Europe--Fiction.
Electric power failures--Europe--Fiction.
Computer crimes--Investigation.
Electric power failures.
Hackers.
Suspense.
Europe.
Mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
PT2705.L73 / B5313 2017
833/.92