The Fear Index
Robert Harris
Random House
<p><b>Meet Alex Hoffmann:</b> among the secretive inner circle of the ultra-rich, he is something of a legend.</p><p></p><p>Based in Geneva, he has developed a revolutionary system that has the power to manipulate financial markets. Generating billions of dollars, it is a system that thrives on panic - and feeds on fear.</p><p></p><p>And then, in the early hours of one morning, while he lies asleep, a sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of his lakeside home. </p><p></p><p>So begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffmann attempts - with increasing desperation - to discover who is trying to destroy him - before it's too late ...</p>