“As a result of the blackout, the entire manufacturing and delivery chain is at a standstill,” says the character. The book sold 2 million copies in Germany, attested to its arresting narrative.Ī grid collapse, a character in the book notes, has widespread impacts. The book is fast-paced (and a journalist is one of the heroes) as the cyber terrorists spread havoc across Western Europe. He even understands the fundamental importance of SCADA systems. Elsberg’s research into the effects of grid collapse, and his understanding of the vulnerabilities of the grid, are broad and deep. southwest and in South Asia in today’s background, Blackout carries the message that a man-made attack on electric service poses far greater consequences than weather phenomena. With the devastation created by storms in the U.S. It’s a bone-chilling thriller about an international Luddite group attempting to destroy modern civilization by bringing down first the European and then the U.S. But I just finished reading Marc Elsberg’s Blackout, originally published in Germany in 2012 and translated into English this year. Dystopian novels are not my normal literary cup of tea ( 1984 excepted).
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