{"product_id":"2940170318940","title":"The Fear Index","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt the nexus of high finance and sophisticated computer programming, a terrifying future may be unfolding even now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fiendishly smart and suspenseful, \u003ci\u003eThe Fear Index\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160771084528,"sku":"2940170318940","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170318940_p0.jpg?v=1763708094","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170318940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}