Harris Robert: Fear Index

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Der Physiker Dr Max Hoffman ist legendär: basierend auf einem hochkomplizierten Computeralgorithmus hat er ein System entwickelt, mit dem er am Weltfinanzmarkt handelt - mit unglaublichen Erfolgen. Eines Nachts werden er und seine Frau von Eindringlingen geweckt, über die nächsten 48 Stunden bricht sein ganzes Leben auseinander. Versuchen neidische Rivalen, ihn zu zerstören? A chilling contemporary thriller from Robert Harris set in the competitive world of high finance.§Dr Max Hoffman is a legend. A physicist once employed on the Large Hadron Collider, he now uses a revolutionary and highly secret system of computer algorithms to trade on the world's financial markets. None of his rivals is sure how he does it, but somehow Hoffman's hedge fund - built around the standard measure of market volatility: the VIX or "Fear Index" - generates astonishing returns for his investors.§Late one night, in his house beside Lake Geneva, an intruder disturbs Hoffman and his wife while they are asleep. This terrifying moment is the start of Robert Harris's new novel - a story just as compelling and timely as his most recent contemporary thriller, The Ghost. Over the next 48 hours, as the markets edge towards another great crash, Hoffman's world disintegrates. But who is trying to destroy him? Publikace: Fear Index - Robert Harris. Meet Alex Hoffman: among the secretive inner circle of the ultra-rich, he is something of a legend. 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. And then, in the early hours of one morning, while he lies asleep, a sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of his lakeside home. So begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffman attempts - with increasing desperation - to discover who is trying to destroy him - before it's too late... Publikace: Fear Index - Robert Harris.