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His name is unknown to the general public, but in the exclusive circles of super-millionaires, Dr. Alex Hoffmann is a legend. The scientist who has created revolutionary software that can predict, with astonishing accuracy, the movements of financial markets... and make billions with it. Until the twenty-four hours that change his world and ours arrive. Forever.Bold. Surprising. Revealing. Robert Harris's latest novel (Fatherland, Enigma, Pompeii, The Ghost) eschews all categorization – financial thriller, scientific speculation, social commentary – to immerse us in a story as fascinating as it is real. Chillingly real.«This novel perfectly describes the world of finance. And that of super-millionaires. But it is also worth reading because many of the things that the artificial program Robert Harris has imagined is doing, are now a reality.»The New York Times«The Fear Index shows the absolute lack of morality of those who manipulate markets.»Evening Standard«The plot brings to mind Michael Crichton and Ian Fleming, Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock, but here what is being talked about is real. Many readers of the Financial Times will enjoy The Fear Index, but I suspect they will shudder at recognizing so many things.

His name is unknown to the general public, but in the exclusive circles of super-millionaires, Dr. Alex Hoffmann is a legend. The scientist who has created revolutionary software that can predict, with astonishing accuracy, the movements of financial markets... and make billions with it. Until the twenty-four hours that change his world and ours arrive. Forever.Bold. Surprising. Revealing. Robert Harris's latest novel (Fatherland, Enigma, Pompeii, The Ghost) eschews all categorization – financial thriller, scientific speculation, social commentary – to immerse us in a story as fascinating as it is real. Chillingly real.«This novel perfectly describes the world of finance. And that of super-millionaires. But it is also worth reading because many of the things that the artificial program Robert Harris has imagined is doing, are now a reality.»The New York Times«The Fear Index shows the absolute lack of morality of those who manipulate markets.»Evening Standard«The plot brings to mind Michael Crichton and Ian Fleming, Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock, but here what is being talked about is real. Many readers of the Financial Times will enjoy The Fear Index, but I suspect they will shudder at recognizing so many things.