Author(s): Dan T. Sehlberg

Crime Fiction

When nothing else makes sense, the impossible is all that's left to believe.

Eric Söderqvist, a professor of computer science at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has invented Mind Surf, a pioneering thought-control system that allows people with disabilities to browse the web.

Meanwhile, Lebanese Samir Mustaf, a former MIT professor whose beloved daughter Mona was killed by a cluster bomb, has just finished creating the most sophisticated computer virus the world has ever seen, for the purpose of launching a devastating cyber attack on Israel's financial system.

When Eric's wife, Hanna, falls into a coma - after having tested her husband's invention - the doctors are at a loss. Eric, guilt-stricken and distraught, fixes on the unthinkable, becoming convinced that his wife has been infected by a powerful computer virus, and that the only way he can save her life is by tracking down its creator.

What follows is a compelling and high-octane pursuit that spans the Middle East and Europe. Conceptually breathtaking and emotionally compelling, Mona is a story about the good - and the evil - that people are prepared to do in order to save or avenge the ones they love.

'Dan Sehlberg is a fabulously skilled writer who delivers one of the best surprises in the suspense genre this year.' Weekendavisen (Denmark)

'A well-written and pacy techno thriller.' Femina (Sweden) ****

'Exceptionally good suspense . . . highly recommended.' Litteratursiden (Denmark)