“Compelling and important . . . A darkly comic fable of info-war, the black budget, über-geek idealism, and the politics of Homeland Insecurity.”—William Gibson, author of Pattern Recognition
Pioneering computer wizard Derek “Van” Vandeveer has been living extra-large as a VP for a booming Internet company. But the September 11 attacks on America change everything. Recruited as the key member of an elite federal computer-security team, Van enters the labyrinthine trenches of the Washington intelligence community. His special genius is needed to debug the software glitch in America’s most crucial KH-13 satellite, capable of detecting terrorist hotbeds worldwide. But the problem is much deeper. Now Van must make the unlikely leap from scientist to spy, team up with a ruthlessly resourceful ex-Special Forces commando, and root out an unknown enemy—one with access to a weapon of untold destructive power.
“Great fun . . . A cyberthriller of 21st-century technologies [that] peeps wittily behind the national security scenes of a modern superpower.”—New Scientist
“A comedic thriller for the homeland security era.”—Entertainment Weekly
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Release date
April 27, 2004 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780345478320
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780345478320
- File size: 768 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 5.4
- Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty: 4
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