Code Zero

The bestselling European thriller that foretold the danger and criminality of social media now available in English. A guardian thriller of the month: 'Ellsberg is nothing if not prescient' zero an anonymous activist has given the world a warning: Stop the tech giants before it’s too late. But is anyone listening? Thousands of teenagers are signing up to freemee the biggest new social media site uploading personal information in exchange for advice on what to eat How to dress even how to choose their friends. No-one questions what Freeman is doing with all that data. Until hundreds of users begin to take their lives. What will it take to bring down the freezer mastermind and who is up to the job? ‘worryingly real’ Sunday sport ‘ Ellsberg is utterly prescient’ guardian ' minister and realistic' glamour [published in hardback as zero].