I really enjoyed the book, despite its drawbacks. There are also some plot holes, the solution focusing too much on individual characters, while in reality there is more of a team work. The translation from German is not perfect and there is too much said and too little shown. However, the quality of the writing itself is not great. The book is full of excellent logical consequences of such an event. The Austrian author carefully researched the subject and the potential outcomes of such a crisis. The premise of the book is jaw-dropping: a EU-wide electricity blackout. The pace of the book is fast, by quickly changing the locations. The protagonist, an Italian IT specialist, tries to solve the crisis by finding how the system was affected and going to authorities. The book is a dystopian thriller starting from a cyber attack on the EU electricity grid. After all, the power doesn’t just keep the lights on―it keeps us alive.

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. The authorities don’t believe him, and he soon becomes a prime suspect himself. There is no power, anywhere.Ī former hacker and activist, Piero investigates a possible cause of the disaster.

Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electrical grids collapse. But something seems strange about this night. The lights always come back on soon, don’t they? Surely it’s a glitch, a storm, a malfunction.

But he is also the only man capable of finding the real attackers.When the lights go out one night, no one panics. Former hacker and activist Manzano becomes a prime suspect. Plunged into darkness, people are freezing. Across Europe, controllers watch in disbelief as electricity grids collapse. And not just on this street every light in the city is dead. Manzano is thrown from his Alfa as cars pile up. A cold night in Milan, Piero Manzano wants to get home. Highly recommended' LEE CHILD 'A dazzling debut' Marcel Berlins, The Times THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER PUBLISHED IN 15 LANGUAGES WORLDWIDE A 21ST-CENTURY HIGH-CONCEPT DISASTER THRILLER *************************************** Tomorrow will be too late. 'Fast, tense, thrilling - and timely: this will happen one day.

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