The Fear Index

AchillingcontemporarythrillerfromRobertHarrissetinthecompetitiveworldofhighfinance.DrMaxHoffmanisalegend.AphysicistonceemployedontheLargeHadronCollider,henowusesarevolutionaryandhighlysecretsystemofcomputeralgorithmstotradeontheworld'sfinancialmarkets.Noneofhisrivalsissurehowhedoesit,butsomehowHoffman'shedgefund--builtaroundthestandardmeasureofmarketvolatility:theVIXor"FearIndex"--generatesastonishingreturnsforhisinvestors.Lateonenight,inhishousebesideLakeGeneva,anintruderdisturbsHoffmanandhiswifewhiletheyareasleep.ThisterrifyingmomentisthestartofRobertHarris'snewnovel--astoryjustascompellingandtimelyashismostrecentcontemporarythriller,TheGhost.Overthenext48hours,asthemarketsedgetowardsanothergreatcrash,Hoffman'sworlddisintegrates.Butwhoistryingtodestroyhim?FromtheTradePaperbackedition.