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The Fear Index
The Fear Index | Robert Harris
At the nexus of high finance and sophisticated computer programming, a terrifying future may be unfolding even now. Dr. Alex Hoffmann’s name is carefully guarded from the general public, but within the secretive inner circles of the ultrarich he is a legend. He has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions. But one morning before dawn, a sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of his lakeside mansion, and so begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffmann attempts, with increasing desperation, to discover who is trying to destroy him. Fiendishly smart and suspenseful, The Fear Index gives us a searing glimpse into an all-too-recognizable world of greed and panic. It is a novel that forces us to confront the question of what it means to be human—and it is Robert Harris’s most spellbinding and audacious novel to date.
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MarkoPDX
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I liked the book well enough, and it sparked a lot of conversation in the #MuseumPlaceBookGroup last night. A few people didn't buy into the reach of the technology in this book, but I felt it was feasible in the frame of the story.

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wanderer15
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Harris gets a lifetime pass from me for his Cicero trilogy, though this book was far more contemporary. But I also like movies and books about financial systems gone awry, and this was a really fun thriller in that mold.

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HannahKate
The Fear Index | Robert Harris
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Gripping thriller revolving around a controversial trading algorithm, set in Switzerland. Completely different to the Cicero series and Harris‘s other books, but still hard to put down.

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