419

A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine. A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in Africa. And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims.

Lives intersect. Worlds collide. And it all begins with a single email: ''Dear Sir, I am the daughter of a Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help...''

At once a chilling thriller about a lonely woman avenging her father''s death and an epic portrait of morality and corruption across the globe, Will Ferguson''s Giller Prize-winning novel plunges into the labyrinth of lies that is ''419'', the world''s most insidious Internet scam.