FEAR INDEX, THE by Robert Harris - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK
See all titles by Robert Harris.His name is carefully guarded from the general public but within the
secretive inner circles of the ultra-rich Dr Alex Hoffmann is a legend –
a visionary scientist whose computer software turns everything it
touches into gold.
Together with his partner, an
investment banker, Hoffmann has developed a revolutionary form of
artificial intelligence that tracks human emotions, enabling it to
predict movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His
hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions.
But then
in the early hours of the morning, while he lies asleep with his wife, a
sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of their lakeside
house. So begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffmann
attempts, with increasing desperation, to discover who is trying to
destroy him.
His quest forces him to confront the
deepest questions of what it is to be human. By the time night falls
over Geneva, the financial markets will be in turmoil and Hoffmann's
world – and ours – transformed forever.
