Tess Parker, once a prodigious hacker, now an ex-convict and single mother, is barely keeping her head above water. Her days blur into survival, odd jobs, sleepless nights, and the cold metal of the car where she and her young son sleep. Then, out of nowhere, Sentinel Cyber Solutions offers her a lifeline: a contract to test and secure digital infrastructures. A legitimate mission, it seems⊠until the firewalls she breaches and the scripts she runs begin to uncover something far more sinister.
Cybercrime. Social engineering. Judicial conspiracy. Deception at every level.
When ninety-eight million dollars in cryptocurrency vanish overnight, Tess becomes the prime suspect. Interrogations turn brutal. Evidence is falsified. Every line of code seems to accuse her. Hunted by law enforcement, betrayed by those she trusted, she must prove her innocence in a world where truth itself can be rewritten.
Once hailed as a rising star of the digital underground, Tessâs fall from grace has been absolute. Prison stole her future; society took her name. So when Sentinel extends a hand, she dares to believe in redemption, only to find herself trapped in a web of deceit where every keystroke tightens the noose.
Aloysius Wilde plunges the reader into the dark labyrinth of cybercrime, where the boundary between the virtual and the real disintegrates. Every byte pulses with tension, every intrusion echoes with moral ambiguity. Even readers unfamiliar with hacking or cryptocurrency will find the technical world rendered both accessible and electrifying.
Yet this thrillerâs true brilliance lies beyond the code. Tess is more than a fugitive hacker, she is a mother, a survivor, a woman clawing her way through the wreckage of her past. Her bond with her son, her uneasy alliance with Liam, and her confrontation with the ruthless Olivia give the novel a heart that beats as fiercely as its plot. Wildeâs prose is sharp, fluid, and cinematic, balancing emotional depth with relentless pacing.
The ending, chilling and slightly open, lingers like static after a storm, unsettling, thought-provoking, unforgettable.
Conclusion A gripping, immersive, and devilishly clever cyber-thriller. Wilde weaves technology, manipulation, and emotion into a seamless web of tension. Tess Parker leads us through a world where a single click can ignite chaos, and where redemption is as fragile as a line of code.
A breathtaking read, tense, human, and impossible to put down.
So happy to have read this wonderful thriller, Erreur Critique by Aloysius Wilde. It follows Tess, who tries to start over after a difficult period, but soon finds herself caught in a mysterious web of secrets and lies.
The book is fast-paced and keeps the tension high, making it hard to put down. Itâs also a really fast read, even if French isnât your first language, the writing is straightforward and easy to follow, and the book itself isnât very long. So happy to have challenged myself to read this, really hoping thereâll be a sequel! đ