CORRUPT BIG BUSINESS ECONOMY IN MELTDOWN THE THRILLER THAT WARNED US ALL 'Marc Elsberg is
nothing if not prescient' GUARDIAN It's the near future: the world economy is in freefall. Mass
unemployment and hunger rage as banks corporations and countries go bankrupt. But one group
are doing just fine: the super-rich. Nobel prize-winning economist Herbert Thompson drives to
an emergency summit in Berlin to deliver his ground-breaking solution to the world's elite: a
formula that will reverse the downturn transform the economy and give everyone a share of the
wealth. Thompson never arrives. He is killed in a car crash on the way. Jan a keen cyclist out
late sees the incident. Convinced Thompson has been murdered he vows to find out why. But
there are powerful forces at work who will stop at nothing to keep Jan silent. How far will
they go to satisfy their greed? And who can stop them? A spine-chillingly realistic thriller on
the horrors of freewheeling capitalism and the threat of human greed. By the global bestselling
author of Blackout and Code Zero _____________ PRAISE FOR MARC ELSBERG'Fast tense thrilling
timely. This will happen one day' LEE CHILD'Dazzling' Times Book of the Month'Both gripping and
visionary' rbb Kulturradio 'Elsberg succeeds in combining complex storylines into one
breathtaking tale of suspense' BILD'Part Dan Brown-style chase and part eco-thriller this
debut will get people talking' BOOKLIST US
