Foreign Rights Catalogue - ANTHEA

Foreign Rights Guide August 2012 – January 2013
Veit Etzold: FINAL CUT
Thriller
448 pages
978-3-404-16687-9
Paperback
2012
A thriller with a highly topical subject: the dangers of social networks
● Top Thriller
● Rights already sold to:
Italy, Spain, Russia, Turkey
● English summary available
A killer who operates like a computer virus: ubiquitously, invisibly. Vladimir Schwarz, who calls himself The
Nameless One, murdered his beloved sister out of envy when she had her first boyfriend at age fifteen. For
years he has been driven by the idea of sacrificing 15 other women who resemble her closely as a way to
atone for his deed. Schwarz is a computer whiz and has found a way to select and track down the right
victims using online resources, particularly networking and dating websites. The nameless killer assumes the
identity of men he meets at gay SM chat rooms, visits, and then murders. As a result, the homicide squad
and chief detective Clara Vidalis are not even close to picking up the trail of the actual killer and constantly
chasing perpetrators who are long dead.
Just as the murderer is terrorizing the entire city of Berlin with his unseen, Web-supported killing spree, media
mogul Albert Torino of Integrated Entertainment launches a new TV star-search format called She-Bay.
Viewers can use an online auction platform to choose their favorite females who are then cast in the show.
The person who chooses the right favorites gets to spend the night with the winner. While critics are still
ranting about having the broadcast banned, Clara gets wind of the killer's horrible plan. The Nameless One
has kidnapped Andira, the show's top model, and intends to stream the murder of his 15th victim live on the
Internet. Rescuing Andira becomes a sacred mission for Clara. She herself lost her six-year-old sister to a
child molester when she forgot to pick up the girl one evening after music school. She has been tortured by
nightmares and guilt feelings ever since. Due to a shared history of which Clara suspects nothing, the killer
has chosen the chief detective to witness his string of murders and in the end absolve him of his guilt.
For Clara it's do or die. The invisible, ruthless slayer appears dangerous enough to threaten her life, but if she
succeeds in tricking him and saving Andira, she could free herself of remorse forever.
Veit Etzold was born in Bremen in 1973. He pursued studies in English language and literature, art history,
media science, and general management in Oldenburg, London, and Barcelona, receiving his doctoral
degree in 2005 with a thesis on the motion picture Matrix. During and after his education, he worked in
banking, business consulting, management training, and the media industry. Veit Etzold lives in Berlin.
Bastei Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG - Foreign Rights Department - Schanzenstraße 6-20 - 51063 Köln - Germany
Tel: +49 (0)2 21| 82 00 -27 04 or 27 00 - Fax: +49 (0)2 21| 82 00 17 04 Christian Stüwe (christian.stuewe@luebbe.de)
9