The Fear Index: A Thriller - Tapa blanda

"A pulse-pounding tale." --New York Post

"In The Fear Index, Harris creates from the thin air of cyberspace a financial thriller that's likely to unsettle the reader when Wall Street bells toll. . . . . The High Noon-type showdown . . . brings the tale to a stunning and disturbing finish." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Gothic horror. . . . [with] a high-tech twist." --The New York Times Book Review

"If you want to get a feel for one of the most important transformations in our world today, read The Fear Index. Harris has been widely praised for his adept portrayal of the hedge fund universe. . . ." --The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

"As addictive as any thriller written. Pick this up on an airplane, and you won't want to land." --Reuters

"What Harris does so admirably--in my mind, better than any other writing today--is intertwine nifty, page turning plots with important historical, political, or in this case, sociological questions. The late Michael Crichton did this kind of story well. In The Fear Index, Robert Harris does it fantastically." --Christopher Reich, bestselling author of Rules of Betrayal

"Like the best novels of this genre, it offers something to chew on--and it's entertaining." --The Washington Times

High tech finance and sophisticated computer programming combine in this terrifying and fiendishly smart new novel from Robert Harris.
 
Dr. Alex Hoffmann stays out of the public spotlight, but within the secretive inner circles of the ultra-rich he is a legend. And now he has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. As a result, his Geneva-based hedge fund is poised to make billions. But one morning before dawn, a sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of his lakeside mansion. So begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffmann attempts, with increasing desperation, to discover who is trying to destroy him.