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  • Published: 13 June 2019
  • ISBN: 9781473567399
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 432

Code Zero

The unputdownable international bestselling thriller




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

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.

  • Published: 13 June 2019
  • ISBN: 9781473567399
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 432

About the author

Marc Elsberg

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.

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Praise for Code Zero

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

For Winter Nights

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

Zooloo Book Blog

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.

Barry Forshaw, Guardian

Zero is a tense tech thriller that reads worryingly real.

Jon Wise, Sunday Sport

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

Andrew Hill, Shots magazine

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

rbb Kulturradio

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

rbb Kulturradio

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

Hit radio rt1

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

Der Spiegel, Germany

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

The Eloquent Page

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

Hit Radio RT 1 Germany

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

Der Spiegel

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

ZDF

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

ZDF

Elsberg's writing is intriguing, fierce and smart.

Always Trust in Books

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

Book Inspector

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

Glamour

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

Glamour

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.

ZEIT Wissen

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.

FOCUS

This may be fiction but it is unnervingly realistic.

Choice magazine

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

Handelsblatt

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

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