Marc Elsberg is a former creative director in advertising. His debut thriller Blackout is a frighteningly plausible drama of a week-long international blackout caused by a hacker attack on power grids. An instant bestseller in Germany, it has sold over a million copies and has been translated worldwide. Marc Elsberg lives in Vienna, Austria.
Fast, tense, thrilling - and timely: this will happen one day. Highly recommended. LEE CHILD A dazzling debut -- Marcel Berlins The Times Part Dan Brown-style chase and part eco-thriller, this debut - a bestseller in Germany - will get people talking. Booklist US What makes this novel so compelling: it is not unrealistic. Quite the opposite. Handelsblatt Blackout is a thriller resembling those of Frank Schatzing - it combines suspense with meticulous research Emotion