'Provocative, perceptive and ingenious' - A. J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window

A New York Times Best Thriller Pick for 2023

Shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Book Prize

Perfect for fans of I Am Pilgrim and The Circle

TWO HOURS TO VANISH

Ten people are selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. Pioneered by tech-wunderkind Cy Baxter, FUSION can track anyone on earth.

ONE CHANCE TO WIN

Given two hours to 'Go Zero' – disappear off-grid – each Zero has thirty days to elude the sophisticated Capture Teams sent to find them. Anyone that beats FUSION will receive $3 million. If Cy's system proves itself, he wins a $90 billion contract with the CIA to revolutionize surveillance forever.

ZERO ALTERNATIVES TO LOSING

For Zero 10, Kaitlyn Day, the stakes are higher than money, and far more personal than Cy could have imagined. Kaitlyn needs to win to get what she wants, and Cy will stop at nothing to realize his ambitions. When the game’s timer hits zero, there will only be one winner . . .

'One of the best thrillers I've read in a long time . . . pure entertainment' – Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Pendergast series

'As fast-paced as it is timely. . . wickedly taut' – Graham Moore, author of The Holdout

‘A thrill ride right from the off’

‘I read it in a single day as it proved impossible to put down’

‘Twists and turns, prize money, tech, government contracts and lies. This book has it all’

‘As compelling as The Da Vinci Code and as fun and fast paced’

‘Fans of the techno-thriller will eat it up’

‘Wow just wow! Absolutely loved this book’

‘I cannot recommend this book highly enough’

‘Had me on the edge of my seat and I couldn't put it down’

‘All I can say is wow’

That can-you-beat-the-system hook recalls the juggernaut likes of Ready Player One and Lost, but Going Zero outpaces them both, and dives deeper: it's a speculative-fiction classic in the vein (and even in the league) of I, Robot and Jurassic Park. Provocative, perceptive and – no other word will do – ingenious -- A. J. Finn, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
One of the best thrillers I’ve read in a long time. Beyond pure entertainment is the truth this novel speaks about the disturbing times we live in -- Douglas Preston, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Cabinet of Dr. Leng and The Lost City of the Monkey God
As fast-paced as it is timely . . . Anthony McCarten shoots a bullet through contemporary America with this wickedly taut conspiracy thriller. I'll never look at my phone the same way again -- Graham Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Days of Night and The Sherlockian
The excitement is in the chase, which builds steadily . . . This well-written yarn proves that you don't have to have a blood-bath to have an engaging thriller * Kirkus Reviews *

Anthony McCarten is a New Zealand novelist, playwright, journalist, television writer and filmmaker. He is best known for writing the biopics The Theory of Everything (2014), Darkest Hour (2017), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and The Two Popes (2019). He received Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for The Theory of Everything and The Two Popes.