Hans-Olof Andersson, a member of the Nobel Prize committee, is being blackmailed: he must vote for a specific Nobel Prize candidate - or his daughter will die. What nobody knows is that Gunnar Forsberg, the brother of his deceased wife, is a ruthless burglar and industrial spy who shows no mercy when it comes to his last living relative. Gunnar sets out to hunt down the blackmailers. But what he discovers is something no one could have anticipated. The Nobel Prize - an exciting thriller from bestselling author Andreas Eschbach.