The Hour of the Predator

‘A dark but dazzling account of the current political and geostrategic upheavals’ - Le Figaro‘A gripping account of how Western elites handed over the keys of power to the new ‘tech conquistadors” - Les Echos ‘Giuliano da Empoli charts the rise of a chilling new world, forged through an unprecedented alliance between unabashed autocrats in the Trump mould and tech titans like Elon Musk’ - La Croix ‘In a masterful, evocative narrative, he captures the worst aspects of the conquest led by men like Donald Trump and Sam Altman’ - L’Express

Giuliano da Empoli is an Italian and Swiss writer and political scientist living in France. He was once a senior advisor to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. His debut novel, The Wizard of the Kremlin, sold more than half a million copies in France, where it also won the Grand Prix du Roman and was a finalist for the Goncourt Prize. It went on to become an international bestseller, being translated into thirty-five languages across the world. A film version, starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin, is forthcoming. The Hour of the Predator is currently France’s best-selling non-fiction title, and translation rights have been sold in 17 languages so far.

Sam Taylor is a translator, novelist and journalist. He is the author of four novels and the award-winning translator of more than 60 books from French, including Laurent Binet’s HHhH, Leïla Slimani’s Lullaby, and Hubert Mingarelli’s A Meal in Winter.