Blackout A Novel [Paperback]

<p>"Fast, tense, thrilling — and timely: this will happen one day. Highly recommended." <strong>—Lee Child</strong><strong>, #1 </strong><em>New York Times</em><strong></strong>bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series<strong></strong></p><p><strong>This is no accident.<br>This is no act of God. <br>This is Blackout.</strong></p><p><strong>A terrifyingly plausible million-copy selling debut disaster thriller.</strong></p><p>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.<br>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.<br></p>