Rune Author:Christopher Fowler Throughout London, people are dying in brutal accidents. There doesn't seem to be a connection, until some of the bodies yield a puzzling clue: strips of paper, each one inscribed with angular, indecipherable heiroglyphics. — To his horror, advertising executive Harry Buckingham is linked with several of the victims. His father, his secretary... more », even the thief who steals his car -- all die in grisly circumstances. Soon Harry is avoiding the police and following his own investigation. And what he uncovers is more frightening than anyone can imagine. . . .« less
A novel of horror - "If you are scared of the government, big business, technology, media manipulation, computers or the universal product code, RUNE is a book for you." The Washington Post Book World