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Blackout
Title:
Blackout
Author:
Elsberg, Marc, 1967-
Yarbrough, Marshall.
ISBN:
9781784161880
Uniform Title:
Blackout. English
Publication Information:
London : Black Swan, 2017.
Physical Description:
435 p. ; 18 cm
General Note:
Translated from: Blackout.
Abstract:
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.
Subject:
Computer crimes -- Investigation -- Europe -- Fiction. |
Hackers -- Europe -- Fiction. |
Electric power failures -- Europe -- Fiction. |
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.