02220cam a2200385 i 4500 1164585433 TxAuBib 20170608120000.0 170110s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016057256 9781492654414 hardcover; alk. paper 1492654418 hardcover; alk. paper (OCoLC)965806931 DLC eng rda DLC BTCTA YDX BDX OCLCF ORX OCLCO IJ5 DAD ABG FMF IUK OCL VP@ TxAuBib rda eng ger Elsberg, Marc, 1967-, author. Blackout English. Blackout : a novel / Marc Elsberg ; translated by Marshall Yarbrough. Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2017] ©2017. 316 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. 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. 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. 20170608. Originally published in German as Blackout : morgen ist es zu spät: München : Blanvalet, 2012. Computer crimes Investigation Europe Fiction. Hackers Europe Fiction. Electric power failures Europe Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. TXKIP