The unputdownable international bestselling thriller

Code Zero

The international bestselling thriller that first warned of the dangers of social media

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE MONTH: [Exposes] the dark underbelly of social media giants' societal control via the manipulation of data. Elsberg is nothing if not prescient.

A topical thriller set in the world of online activists pitted against corrupt IT companies who collect and analyse personal data.

A highly topical nightmarish scenario, which Elsberg says became a reality long ago.

A gripping thriller and a visionary story on the subject of 'Big Data'

With this thriller Elsberg qualifies as the spokesman for perhaps the most important debate in society today.

As with BLACKOUT Elsberg combines a realistic future scenario with a cleverly constructed plot - a thriller that confronts our fears.

Marc Elsberg has a sixth sense for burning issues. So sinister and realistic, it will make you download encryption software immediately after reading.

This may be fiction but it is unnervingly realistic.

Zero is a tense tech thriller that reads worryingly real.

A captivating read and a very well-researched techno-thriller

[Elsberg] takes us on a breathless pursuit of Freemee across the globe.

A thriller that explores how information can be controlled, repurposed and used to exploit people... Zero is thoroughly entertaining.

[Elsberg] throws everything at you, and it kept me hooked throughout.

Filled with smart characters, plenty of action... A wake-up call for all of the people who are glued to their gadgets.

Elsberg's writing is intriguing, fierce and smart.

A highly topical thriller depicting the online world of activists against IT companies illegally collecting and analysing personal data.

A topical nightmare scenario - but Elsberg says it became a reality long ago.

Marc Elsberg has a sixth sense for burning issues. So sinister and realistic, it will make you download encryption software after reading.

The technology already exists, but Elsberg takes their possible effects to a dramatic extremes and paints a future dystopia that leaves us truly shaken up.

This is the go-to thriller that ignites topical debate around Google and the right to personal privacy. A nightmare that as Elsberg sees it has long become a reality.

With his new thriller Elsberg is fast becoming the voice of public discourse in one of the most important fields of our time.

As with BLACKOUT, Elsberg combines a realistic near-future scenario with a cleverly constructed plot - a thriller that confronts our deepest fears.

A gripping thriller and a visionary book on the subject of 'Big Data'

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.

Zero

The gripping bestselling global thriller for fans of Dave Eggers' THE CIRCLE and Channel Four's BLACK MIRRORS.

Marc Elsberg is a former creative director in advertising. His debut thriller, the high-concept disaster thriller BLACKOUT, became a bestseller and one of the most successful thrillers of its kind in Germany. He has also given a TEDx talk on the subject of the horrors of an electrical grid failure. BLACKOUT and his follow-up, CODE ZERO were selected as Scientific Book of the Year in Germany. BLACKOUT was named Thriller of the Month by the Times. His latest bestselling thriller, GREED, contains cutting-edge research on the economy. He lives in Vienna, Austria.

A GUARDIAN THRILLER OF THE MONTH 
 
'[Exposes] the dark underbelly of social media giants' societal control via the manipulation of data. Elsberg is nothing if not prescient; this is all pre-Cambridge Analytica.' Barry Forshaw, Guardian 
 
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The gripping bestselling global thriller for fans of Dave Eggers' THE CIRCLE and Channel Four's BLACK MIRROR. 
 
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Welcome to the Freemee lifestyle app: 
 
They can give you confidence, power, fame and all the friends in the world. 
 
But what will they take in return? 
 
When a teenager is shot dead after chasing a criminal in the street, investigating journalist Cynthia Bonsant is led to the popular social media platform Freemee, a competitor to Facebook whose lifestyle app claims to give you everything you need to succeed in life. 
 
But there is someone who warns against its evils: Zero, the world’s most-wanted activist, known for exposing the toxic truths behind social media giants and their pursuit of total control. 
 
As Cynthia gets closer to unravelling the evil mastermind behind the Freemee site, she herself becomes a target. But in this world of hidden cameras, data glasses and hyper-smart phones there is nowhere to hide . . .

The addictive international bestselling disaster thriller

Blackout

A blockbuster disaster thriller and million-copy global bestseller - civilisation falls apart when a terrorist group turns off the power all over Europe.

Fast, tense, thrilling - and timely: this will happen one day. Highly recommended.

Part Dan Brown–style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut - a bestseller in Germany - will get people talking.

What makes this novel so compelling: it is not unrealistic. Quite the opposite.

Blackout is a thriller resembling those of Frank Schatzing - it combines suspense with meticulous research

Electrifying: in this scientific thriller...Elsberg describes the murderous consequences of a blackout in Europe

'Fast, tense, thrilling - and timely: this will happen one day. Highly recommended' LEE CHILD 
'A dazzling debut' Marcel Berlins, The Times 
THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH 
THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER 
 
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Tomorrow will be too late. 
 
A cold night in Milan, Piero Manzano wants to get home. 
 
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. 
 
Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electricity grids collapse. 
 
Plunged into darkness, people are freezing. Food and water supplies dry up. The death toll soars. 
 
Former hacker and activist Manzano becomes a prime suspect. But he is also the only man capable of finding the real attackers. 
 
Can he bring down a major terrorist network before it’s too late? 
 
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'Part Dan Brown–style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut—a bestseller in Germany—will get people talking' — Booklist US

Marc Elsberg

Simon Pare

The page-turning thriller that warned of financial melt-down

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

Marc Elsberg

Books by Marc Elsberg

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