Blackout

Descriere

'Fast, tense, thrilling - and timely: this will happen one day. Highly recommended' LEE CHILD n n 'A dazzling debut' Marcel Berlins, The Times n n THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH n n THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER n PUBLISHED IN 15 LANGUAGES WORLDWIDE n A 21ST-CENTURY HIGH-CONCEPT DISASTER THRILLER n n n *************************************** n n Tomorrow will be too late. n n A cold night in Milan, Piero Manzano wants to get home. n n Then the traffic lights fail. Manzano is thrown from his Alfa as cars pile up. And not just on this street - every light in the city is dead. n n Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electricity grids collapse. n n Plunged into darkness, people are freezing. Food and water supplies dry up. The death toll soars. n n Former hacker and activist Manzano becomes a prime suspect. But he is also the only man capable of finding the real attackers. n n Can he bring down a major terrorist network before it's too late? n n ************************ n n 'Part Dan Brown-style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut-a bestseller in Germany-will get people talking' - Booklist US n