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The Homeland Connection #3
Web Games
"The First Law of Anything that can be turned on under program control can be turned off; anything that can be controlled remotely can be thrown out of control remotely.” Destiny Allen doesn't even like on-line games. A Web designer for computer security giant Scenaria Systems, she finds herself involved in a deadly puzzle that blurs the boundaries between the virtual and the real. At the infrastructure of modern America. Her Dina Gustafson, a college friend, and Karl Lustig, an Israeli technology journalist with friends in dark places. The sort the good guys from the bad before the lights go out. Intricately plotted at a breathless pace, this technology thriller from novelist Lior Samson (author of Bashert and The Dome) is about real risks and virtual worlds, about Internet threats as close as tomorrow's nightly news, and about the ever-escalating warfare between black-hat hackers and modern society. REVIEW BY VETERAN CRITIC ALAN CARUBA (BOOKVIEWS) This extraordinary author has the ability to anticipate events in ways that enhance his novels and Web Games, his latest, is no exception…. True to form, Samson is just ahead of the curve with yet another thriller and its theme is cyber-terrorism. … Behind the pseudonym of Lior Samson is a university professor whose own background brings to his work a reality that only such technical knowledge could produce....The end result is the story of Destiny Allen, a Web designer for a computer security giant who finds herself in a deadly game that may bring down the electrical energy infrastructure of America. We have seen damage that the WikiLeak revelations have done…. Web Games dwarfs that as the main character must enlist her friends to deter a catastrophe. You will not put it down.
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376 pages, Paperback
First published December 8, 2010
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July 22, 2013
When cyber-terrorist hackers manage to imbed their codes into the very security system designed to protect users, the world is at risk. From Israeli spies to American gamers, nerds unite to stop the threat.
A fascinating fast-paced and intelligent action thriller, this book will keep you turning pages to the end. It is jam-packed with tons of technology, but even if you are barely able to turn on a computer, you can’t help but become involved in the intrigue.
This is the second novel I’ve read by Lior Samson, and he has used some of the same characters, but this story stands alone. He’s an expert at weaving an intricate plot and creating interesting and believable individuals. Every detail is well-researched and it’s obvious he knows what he’s talking about. Outstanding!
A fascinating fast-paced and intelligent action thriller, this book will keep you turning pages to the end. It is jam-packed with tons of technology, but even if you are barely able to turn on a computer, you can’t help but become involved in the intrigue.
This is the second novel I’ve read by Lior Samson, and he has used some of the same characters, but this story stands alone. He’s an expert at weaving an intricate plot and creating interesting and believable individuals. Every detail is well-researched and it’s obvious he knows what he’s talking about. Outstanding!
February 23, 2015
geeky suspense
Fast moving, technical at times (but explained in layman's terms often for other non-nerd characters), this story is suspenseful, mysterious and imaginative.
Fast moving, technical at times (but explained in layman's terms often for other non-nerd characters), this story is suspenseful, mysterious and imaginative.
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