black out by Mark Elsberg

In this international best seller there is black out the world over It is due to a hackerwho gets into power supply via codes.The bookmis about world without power. There is  large cast of characters:An italian Piero Manzano, programmer and ex hacker is in the miiddle of the story.He understands the ssituation but the police thinks he is the person behind all this.

There is a French government official at Europol,Lauren Shannon an energetic American,Sophia,operative at the EU headquaters.There are are more than 10 viewpoint characters we follow.Thus one has to get into the point view of people. Once you are able to do tha you wont be able to keep the book until you have finished reading it.

Manzano also proves resorceful to discover key information about the enemy hackers threatening the infrastructure of society as well as escaping capture.

The plot of Blackout is well crafted out.The author has taken lot of pain in doing research for the story. ntensive research has been done ongovernment process, infrastructure, technology used in power systems, energy grids, hacking techniques.