Zero Ri$k

The Cataclysmic ‘Black Swan’ Financial and Political Cyber Thriller You'll Pray Never Happens! - Ten Days. Seven Deadly Sins. Zero Ri$k

By: Simon Hayes

Narrated by: Stephanie Racine

TEN DAYS. SEVEN DEADLY SINS. ZERO RI$K

When customer complaints on Christmas Eve about tenfold inflated bank balances herald not early gifts, nor a botched system upgrade, but the most sophisticated cyber attack in history, National Bank Chief Operating Officer Rob Tanner finds himself in the eye of a ‘Black Swan’ storm no one predicted, but anyone could have anticipated. Tanner enlists the help of brilliant American cyber security expert Ashley Markham, but the attacks only worsen. The only clue to the hacker’s intentions... cryptic daily emails, centred on Hieronymus Bosch’s medieval representation of the seven deadly sins, packed with colourful artistic and cultural references.

Psychedelic ramblings or psychotic threats? With financial markets—and the very world as he knows it—on the brink of collapse, Tanner races against the clock to prevent unthinkable financial Armageddon, where money has no value, stock and bond prices are meaningless, and the economy is destroyed. Can he unravel the mystery of the hacker’s obsession with Bosch, sin and retribution before modern society returns to the dark ages?

Narrator Stephanie Racine is a Carleton Hobbs winner, has voiced numerous New York Times, US and UK Bestselling Audiobooks and was nominated for Best Crime Audiobook for the New York Times Bestselling Audiobook Sometimes I Lie.

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Critic reviews

'Stand aside Dan Brown. Simon Hayes has concocted a remarkable page-turner of a post-Covid financial thriller.’ —CLIVE BANNISTER, Chairman of FTSE100 insurer.

‘The best I’ve ever read in this genre!’ —MIRIAM SMITH, A Mother’s Musings review.

'A thriller bristling with energy, wit and romance. A must-read.’ —CHRIS BLACKHURST, bestselling author of ‘Too Big To Jail’ and ‘The World’s Biggest Cash Machine’

Addicting

Such a good book, it was addicting, great pacing, very intriguing especially with the tech and cyber terrorism/theft being used as much as it is now-a-days. Loved the character development & how each chapter came from different character point of view. I was certain I knew how things were going to end and I was completely wrong. This book has love, loss, redemption and betrayal.
The narrator Stephanie Racine was amazing, she captured the characters and situations perfectly.
This is a fantastic debut, especially since it doesn't read like one.
If you are a fan of Dan Brown or James Rollins you would LOVE "Zero Ri$k"

Good fun

Enjoyable story with some good characters. Premise is really implausible, and story should be quite a bit shorter, but overall enjoyed it