THE FEAR INDEX.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt+glossy laminated,red+black background with silver gilt silhouetted falling figure to upper panel,with white+ silver gilt lettering,more similar lettering for critics' reviews to rear panel of dw/dj.Negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, would appear unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black ink letters to spine/backstrip,a black headband,and immaculate b/w engraved self-portrait,by Angela Palmer,courtesy of the Wellcome Trust (engraving on glass based on MRI scans) illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, vii-viiipp+3-323pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,19 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,title separator page, and 4pp blanks at rear.
His name is carefully guarded from the general public but within the secretive inner circles of the ultra-rich Dr Alex Hoffmann is a legend - a visionary scientist whose computer software turns everything it touches into gold.
Together with his partner,an investment banker, Hoffmann has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that tracks human emotions, enabling it to predict movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy.His hedge fund,based in Geneva, makes billions.
But then in the early hours of the morning,while he lies asleep with his wife,a sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of their lakeside house.So begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffmann attempts,with increasing desperation,to discover who is trying to destroy him.
His quest forces him to confront the deepest questions of what it is to be human.By the time night falls over Geneva,the financial markets will be in turmoil and Hoffmann's world - and ours - transformed forever.
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