The Fear Index: A Thriller

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the acclaimed author of Conclave and Dictator comes a "taut thriller" (Newsweek) that forces us to confront the question of what it means to be human in a high-tech world

"Timely, expertly executed. . . . Foreboding runs through the system of the book like an IV drip." -USA Today

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.