This is Gomorrah

by Tom Chatfield

When the Dark Web destroys all privacy, an elite hacker must enter the belly of the beast in this compelling international conspiracy thriller.

Azi Bello is an amiable outsider with a superior talent for hacking. He's also living in a 21st century world where the dark side of technology is decimating privacy. "The Dark Web" rule: those who have the right connections have access to anything imaginable, and it's all theirs for the taking.

When Azi is sets off to unravel the mysterious online marketplace known as Gomorrah, he meets a young, secretive Muslim woman named Munira, and his carefully constructed privacy suddenly shatters. Munira's world starts spiraling out of control as well when her hacker cousin is recruited to work for terrorists. Working together to find her cousin and return him to safety, the two uncover an unimaginable conspiracy.

But in the Dark Web where identities can so easily be switched, how far is Azi willing to go to upend the nightmare he's living?

Debut novelist and technology expert Tom Chatfield deftly explores the lengths people will go to when the struggle for ultimate power becomes an international, high-stakes game.

Genres: Thriller, Fiction, Crime, Science Fiction, Audiobook

272 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2019

About the author

Dr Tom Chatfield is a British writer, broadcaster and tech philosopher. Tom’s books exploring digital culture—most recently "Critical Thinking" (SAGE Publishing) and "Live This Book!" (Penguin)—have appeared in over two dozen countries and languages. He's currently writing a series of thrillers for Hodder set in the world of the dark net.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book, without doubt is not for everyone, it is irritatingly fascinating,,complex, detailed, at times confusing but if the aim of the book was to get the reader to question the world of terrorism, data and hacking then it succeeded, with me, ten fold!

Azi is a hacker, in East Croydon, rarely leaving his little garden shed
he has a string of alias’ and is infiltrating the Dark Web into some of the deadliest chat rooms and obnoxious hate groups you can find
He is 100% sure he cant be traced, and he is right....until he is....and is ‘requested’ to help find the origins of ‘Gomorrah’, a deadly Islamic State plot to ruin the world....thats the simple version!
What then follows is a maze of espionage, new and scarily real technology, double crossing, triple crossing and whatever 4x crossing is!!!, characters that are hideously wonderful and a full on, really full on read!
Azir is great, and his at times sarky and realistic commentary is refreshing and I grew to like him a lot
Part of the book deals with a British fighter in I.S. and the harrowing descriptive writing as to what he finds is as abhorrent as it is impossible not to read, he decides to run away and well this all ties into the book
The plot changes at a rapid fire rate and sometimes its so intensely overpowering you need a few minutes headspace to catch up, take a breath and then re start your journey with Azir and the other characters
There are no specific twists as the whole book is one from beginning to end and leaves you goggle eyed with information at conclusion
As I say not for everyone but this book got ‘under my skin’ and I am marking it totally on how I enjoyed it, a bit stressful, a bit awesome and a bit endearing, the whole experience was kinda brilliant!
10/10 5 Stars

[Marcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Het duurde eventjes voordat ik in het verhaal van Dit is Gomorrah kwam. In de eerste hoofdstukken krijg je veel informatie over je heen en voelt de schrijfstijl behoorlijk afstandelijk - hier en daar las het zelfs een beetje stroef. Maar dan opeens schiet de vaart in het verhaal en wil je niet meer stoppen met lezen. Het plot zit ingenieus in elkaar, niemand is wie je denkt dat diegene is en de actie-scènes volgen elkaar in hoog tempo op. Oftewel een super spannend verhaal om in één ruk uit te lezen. Vol interessante avonturen offline en online op the dark net. De schrijfstijl blijft op een afstandje van de personages - het is eerder alsof je een actiefilm kijkt in plaats van een boek te lezen omdat je niets weet over de gevoelens en emoties van de personages. Maar dat past ergens ook gewoon bij dit verhaal.
Mijn complete recensie lees je op Oog op de Toekomst.

[Jade · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 Stars.

Thank You to Netgalley, Tom Chatfield and Hodder & Stoughton for letting me read this book.

This book took me a while to read. For a debut from Tom it was a good read. Although I liked this book I wouldnt rush to read it a second time, but at least I can say that I have read it, I just don't think that this was my cup of tea. But well done on your first book Tom.

There were times when the story got me really hooked and the time just flew bye, but at the same time there were parts that just seemed to drag on forever and made me want to stop reading altogether. I am glad that I kept reading as I found out what happened.

too many people have already said what this book is about so I wont bore you with my version of the astory. But what I will say is this.

Read the book for yourself and form your own opinions of it. You can not judge a book if you yourself have not read it.

[Liz Barnsley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love a good hacker tale I really do so I pinched this from Rod Reynolds (whose books, NOT involving hackers you should also look up!) and it was excellent.

Obviously the start of a series, none the less this stands as a complete story involving secret agencies, the darker than dark web and one hacker caught in the middle of it all.

Very entertaining - recommended.

[Elli (Kindig Blog) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Azi is safe in his shed, using pseudonyms and creating whole other identities to navigate the darker side of the web with ease. But when a friend asks for help he has to leave the safety of his shed to face the real world instead.

This is Gomorrah certainly is a fast paced techno-thriller. There’s plenty of action and intrigue and for a sci-fi it’s actually got a nice writing style that made it an easy flowing read that could be finished quickly. I do have an understanding of the technical terms used within the book and didn’t find it hard to follow in that sense, but I can certainly see how other readers may find some aspects confusing by the terminology involved.

For me although initially I found the plot to be easy to follow and straight forward, about half- way through when they get to Greece I found myself getting lost quite a bit. I didn’t really understand the Doctor character or why our wanted protagonist in hiding was suddenly giving lessons to people? I didn’t really understand how Gomorrah linked to the task that Azi is trying to perform. The twists and turns in the plot felt very natural whilst reading them but when you stopped to think back on them in perspective of the plot as a whole it actually made very little sense. I lost what the villains and heroes were trying to achieve – I didn’t understand why it had all been brought to the attention of our main character in the first place. The book has split perspectives between coder Azi and Nabir in the Middle East, but Nabir’s part is actually very small, just needed for one key piece of information before being dropped and not thought about again which seemed a bit of a shame. Azi however, is a very nicely rounded character and his perspective is nicely written and gave a good depth to the story.

Overall although I wasn’t lost in the techno-babble I was lost in the plot from half way through I’m afraid. Thank you to NetGalley & Hodder & Stoughton for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[Kate Ashton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just one important note for Brits .... in the UK this book is called 'This is Gomorroah', which is what I read, but it's the same book!

A really good international conspiracy thriller centred around the dark web and cybercrime, terrorism and pulling in a few Neo-Nazis for good measure. But it all starts in the back shed of a very ordinary ‘nice feller’, Azi, who is a hacker extraordinaire whose private ambition is to poke those Neo-Nazis and anyone else perpetrating cybercrimes against humanity in the eye. As he works through the Dark Web to coax these people to trust his alter ego, generated for this sole purpose, he is contacted by a fellow hacker that he trusts more than most, who calls herself Munira. Munira begs for his help, saying she is in exteme danger as she has been found out by terrorists who are after her.

Azi’s quiet lone existence is over as he becomes involved in the very violent real world that takes him and Munira to Berlin and elsewhere. In his attempts to uncover a terrorist plot and halt a major tragedy, he no longer knows who he can trust – even Munira perhaps may not be what she seems – and the plot surges forward with brilliant suspense towards the deadline of the threatened terrorist action with only Azi and possibly an old friend from his youth that can stop it.

Fantastic suspense and excellent story. My only reservation is that there was heaps of technical information both about the dark web and hacking, and about computing and computers in general, and this was way over my head and really not very interesting to a pleb like me, so I found myself skimming quite a bit of all that. I did feel there was a little more than was really necessary for the story, but of course there are plenty of readers that will love all that stuff.

A likeable hero and a fast-paced thriller. Great stuff.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am lost for words to describe just how spectacular this book is right from the first few pages the story grips you and then you are a rollercoaster of a ride till the end. Although a techno thriller chock full of information about hacking, cyber crime, terrorism, the dark web and more the book just flows page after page flying by and yes you need to keep your wits about you to follow what’s going on but it's not a difficult read but just a brilliant story that I couldn’t put down and when I did I found myself thinking about it. The writing is superb with plenty of humour and I particularly loved the character AZ/ Azi an innocent hacker drawn into something far beyond his control as he tries to help a friend, the book travels from country to country at break neck speed leading to a hell of a thrilling finish and I loved every page !! I have seen this the first of a series of books set around the dark web and I wait with bated breath and impatience for the next, so I highly recommend this as a must read and suspect it’s going to be a big hit and would make a wonderful movie also, it’s a big 5 star read and many thanks to Tom Chatfield for a book to remember.
My thanks also to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for giving me the chance to read the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Breakneck speed techno-thriller with all too plausible and scary storyline. If you have no idea what’s going on in the dark side of hacking, this is the book to read.
There’s the internet you use to read book reviews and discover great authors, and there’s the dark side of the internet, “the places you go to get whatever society doesn’t want you to get”.

My full review will soon be live on Criminal Element: http://www.criminalelement.com/tag/em...

[Fiona · Rating 5 out of 5]

Azi is a hacker and a master of the web, even in its darkest forms, so when tasked with a challenge from another underground master he cannot really resist. But can we really trust anybody online to be who they say they are, or to even be real?

This book feels so current, and frighteningly so in many ways. I liked the detail and tense and gritty prose. Looking forward to the next book!

[Sid Nuncius · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed a lot of This Is Gomorrah very much. For a good deal of its length I found it well written, witty, rather insightful in places and genuinely exciting. Sadly, for the last quarter or so it declined into a rather silly, generic-feeling cyber-thriller.

The set up is good. Azi is a cyber-geek in London who spends time on the dark web where he has cleverly set up a false identity to infiltrate and sabotage far-right groups. This brings him into contact with Gomorrah, a very sinister organisation on the dark web who deal in all sorts of highly unsavoury things and whose dark purpose becomes gradually clearer throughout the book. Azi suddenly finds himself caught up in a real-world web of espionage and terrorism in which everyone seems untrustworthy and he is on the run with powerful people trying to kill him.

It all sounds pretty familiar, almost stale stuff, but Tom Chatfield makes it feel very fresh. He writes very well, there is genuine wit here, laced with some sharp observations, plausible detail and decently drawn characters, all of which makes for a good story. For a while I thought this might be a five-star book, but the denouement (which I obviously can’t say anything about) let the book down badly for me. It was just plain silly and rather clumsily done, I thought, and I was disappointed by it. I have given it four stars on the basis of the first part of the book, but only just in the end.

This is plainly being set this up as a series. I like Azi as a character and Chatfield writes well so I may well try the next one, but I can only give This Is Gomorrah a rather qualified recommendation.

(My thanks to Hodder and Stoughton for an ARC via NetGalley.)

[Val Wheeler · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not really sure about this book. The idea intrigued me, but I wasn't keen on the style of writing.

There also seems to be a lot of information in the book which stepped away from the storyline a little, which although were interesting, it seemed to slow the book's flow and felt a little disjointed, but does show the author's knowledge on the subject

I also tried the audio book, which has some very bad quality music at the start and I had to have the volume quite high to hear the narration. I preferred to read rather than listen to this book. However, if you can get past that, the narrator is fine.

On the whole, not one for me, but don't take my opinion and please try it for yourself.

[Ruth Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved this book... hope there's a follow up, the ending leaves room for one.

[ALAN BANKS · Rating 5 out of 5]

Control the Internet, Control the World.

If you know what you're doing, you can find anything on the internet. Drugs, guns, porn, ideologies, elections, even lives and deaths are all up for sale . . . and everything must go.
Elite hacker Azi Bello lives his life in the technological underbelly of the 21st century. A loner, charmer, and lover of grey areas, he works for himself and answers to no one - until his online existence crashes violently into the real world.

The secretive but intriguing Munira has reached out to Azi for help, and her story has sparked his interest: Munira's cousin has been recruited by terrorists and, in her attempts to find out more, she has attracted the attention of some very dangerous people.

Now forced to go on the run, Azi and Munira are drawn into a conspiracy, at the heart of which is Gomorrah: an exclusive online marketplace where anything can be acquired, and where the world's worst individuals lurk. As he throws himself into uncovering Gomorrah's dark secrets, it isn't long before Azi realises that the stakes are high and the risks even higher when you're no longer behind a screen.

Review:

This is the first book that I’ve read in a while that’s had me hooked from the very start to the last page.

An intriguing plot with book told through the eyes of an innocent hacker who gets caught in a world of terrorism, the black web and cyber crime which take him in a journey across Europe and then to Silicon Valley in the states.

The book is well written, loved the different characters, and there were many twists and turns and it was hard at times to think who was the good and bad guys.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good thriller and despite there being a lot of references to the IT world I still found it easy enough to follow, despite me not being an expert in this area. I really hope the author writes a follow up book with the main characters from this book.

I’d like to thank NetGalley for giving me the chance to read this book in return for an honest opinion.

[Vivienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

My thanks to Hodder & Stoughton for an eARC via NetGalley of Tom Chatfield’s debut novel, ‘This is Gomorrah’, in exchange for an honest review.

Azi (AZ) Bello is a gray-hat hacker using his extensive computing skills to navigate the dark net and dispense his own kind of justice. Currently, he is working on infiltrating an online group of neo-Nazis in order to ultimately expose them.

He works out of a shabby shed in his late mother’s garden. When he receives an appeal from Sigma, an online ally, he responds and finds himself quickly drawn into a dangerous international conspiracy. It’s a major shock for the nerdy AZ to be dealing with assassins, spies, and other shadowy folk in the real world.

This was a high concept techno-thriller with plenty of action. We follow AZ’s journey and separately that of Kabir, Sigma’s cousin, who had been recruited to a terrorist group. He has grown disillusioned and is now trying to escape, carrying with him compromising information.

There was no way that I could predict some of the wild directions this thriller took. Totally exhilarating. I am not that much of a techie so some details of the story sailed over my head. This didn’t stop my enjoyment though.

Tom Chatfield comes from a background of writing nonfiction on the subject of digital culture and in his acknowledgements also suggests a few writers’ works for those interested in learning more about the dark net.

Is there the possibility of more adventures for AZ? I rather hope so. I found it totally engaging, complex, and intelligent. Highly recommended.

[Jenni · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've been on a crime binge lately apparently. This is a novel about terrorism, hacking, the dark side of the internet, all that terrible stuff you know exists but most of us never encounter. Throw in Isis and neo-Nazis and you have it all.

Azi is a hacker extraordinaire who ends up helping out another hacker friend - only after a mysterious organization has told him to do it, though. Then begins a race (with a side of people trafficking) through Europe and all the way to California to stop an act of mass terrorism.

I found the premise interesting, but I think in the end this was a bit too much technical and unnecessarily violent for my liking. The plot doesn't quite carry through the entire book and with everything being so mysterious and very few things being explained there is no satisfying ending. We don't get much information on the characters aside from Azi and it makes it incredibly difficult to care about anyone let alone root for their survival. And it felt a bit like the big twist in the end did not fit the big picture we'd been watching throughout the story.

This wasn't a bad book by any means, but at times it was a bit slow and I was hoping for some more action that was not entirely fueled by violence.

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Gomorrah Gambit has the zippy, buoyant momentum of a nerd adventure, but it subverts the tropes—quirky damsel in distress, conquering geek hero—that make it tiresome to me. Of course I loved the humor, but it was the streak of warm humanist anarchy that nearly moved me to tears at the end. Dark networks rule, and so do people.

[Trudi Boyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a well paced thriller with well drawn characters. Don't be put off by the necessary detail in the technology sections. You don't need to understand all the content to enjoy the book. Aimed at the "male" thriller market, yet sat and discussed it with a group of women who all enjoyed the plot and book immensely. Looking forward to book 2 and seeing how the characters develop further.

[Carlos · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,20*

[Alexis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Azi Bello is a hacker. Online, he is the cool genius hacker AZ. In reality, he is sat in an old shed at the bottom of his garden with a cup of coffee and no real life social skills whatsoever. He thinks he is untouchable, until he gets a visitor who has found him out. His life as he knows it is over, and he must do what his visitors want if he has any chance of surviving in one piece.

This book is fast paced, it's funny, and it's modern and relevant without being pretentious. There are a lot of action and technological elements, but there is also human interest because of Azi's character. He is hapless and earnest and he has no idea what he's doing, at all. But he desperately tries his best and I was truly rooting for him all the way through.

I wasn't sure I would enjoy this book at first. I am reasonably computer savvy, but I'm not a tech whiz by any stretch. So some of the jargon in the book went straight over my head, and I was worried that I wouldn't understand enough to know what was going on. I was totally wrong about that though. It didn't matter at all that I didn't get every hacker reference - the parts I needed to understand were explained, and most of it didn't really matter to the story.

I did enjoy reading this book overall. It didn't go how I expected, and it was funnier and not as edgy as I thought it would be. But that's why I liked it more than I thought I would. It was really well written, never boring, and the lead character Azi was lovable from start to finish.

[Hazel · Rating 4 out of 5]

My thanks to NetGalley and publisher Hodder & Stoughton for the ARC.
This is a bit of a complex read through the realms of false identities, computer hacking, terrorism, not least of all the world of the darknets - where bad things can be bought and sold by very bad people, and covert intelligence agencies. The darkest of the darkweb is Gomorrah. Access is only granted after thorough vetting, but the price to be paid is that Gomorrah will have access to, and own, your life.

Azi Bello (AZ) is a gifted computer hacker. His paid work, when he has time for it, is testing computer security systems for organisations. However, his 'hobby' is infiltrating, (presently) a group of neo-nazis headed by Tomi in Germany, called Defiance, with a view to compromising their groundswell of support to enter German politics. To them he is a white supremacist called Jim - this persona carefully backed up with a completely fictitious on-line life-story. He's gradually been proving his bona fides with the hierarchy as a worthy senior member of their organisation.

A fellow-hacker called Sigma, whom is suspects is a woman, sends AZ documents which suggest the Islamic Republic has somehow afforded to plant 50 terrorists in Europe, but he is doubtful that IS could have done this alone. Sigma believes the backer must be Gomorrah and, through AZ's Defiance contacts, they could access that information. Sigma's on the run and asks AZ to help her.

Enter Anna, who frightens the life out of Azi. From some clandestine organisation, Anna convinces Azi to meet with Sigma - who is actually a Munira Khan, and a person of some interest to them.

The story is told concurrently between Azi and Nabir who is one of Munira's cousins having been recruited to IS. He is in Syria and works with the media propaganda machine for IS. However, he's disillusioned and plans to escape through the trafficking routes into Turkey, armed with compromising information..

Azi & Munira 'escape' to Germany where Odi organises an apartment and equipment for them to begin their access into Gomorrah - everything directed by Anna and her organisation.
Azi's travels to avoid detection take us from Germany to Athens, to California.
Who has the resources and expertise to organise Gomorrah? Who is actually working for them? How can they be stopped?

This is a real page-turner because you really have to keep up! I personally had no idea what some of the computer-speak meant, but nevertheless the story was well-told and I feel would make a rather exciting film.

[Kate Vane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Azi Bello navigates the darker reaches of the internet from his shed in East Croydon. He is highly skilled, and on his own terms, ethical. He is driven by a sense of mission, creating false identities in order to draw out racists and haters and use what he learns against them.

Meanwhile, Kabir, another young British man, is working for Islamic State in Syria, creating click-friendly propaganda out of death and torture.

When Azi gets an appeal for help from an online friend he knows only as Sigma, he dares to come into the real world to fight a shadowy threat they aren’t even sure exists – the dark net site known as Gomorrah.

What follows is the fast-paced political thriller as the links between these disparate elements are revealed. Sigma draws Azi into both real and virtual worlds where no one is what they seem, where technology can be used both by Azi and against him, and where the man who lived his whole life online finds himself grappling with danger, disguise and desire across continents. At the same time Azi’s history and emotional life are gradually revealed.

I really enjoyed the technological elements of the book and the underlying political issues. By coincidence I’ve also been reading PW Singer and Emerson Brooking’s non-fiction LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media, on how state hackers and terrorists use social media to further their cause. This Is Gomorrah feels credible and LikeWar confirms that it is.

Author Tom Chatfield is a tech journalist, and he has clearly brought his skills into his fiction. He explains what Azi is doing (and what is being done to him) in a way that is intelligible but not simplistic.

I wasn’t always as absorbed by the plot but I loved the characterisation. Kabir’s actions are shocking but he is drawn in a way that makes him real and understandable. Azi is wry and self-deprecating, with an eye to the absurdities of contemporary culture.

We gradually learn about Azi’s past and how it made him what he is. His relationship with his childhood friend Ad is particularly poignant. Ad is also into tech but has a much more privileged and secure background than Azi and this plays into the complex dynamic between them.

There are lots of twists and reversals and drama and there are hints at the end that some of the characters in this book might live to fight another day. I’d be interested to see where they go next.
*
I received a copy of This Is Gomorrah from the publisher via Netgalley.
Read more of my reviews and features on my blog https://katevane.com/blog/

[Bucks, Books & Beyond · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book follows Azi, a hacker working from the comfort of a shed in his garden. Life gets somewhat uncomfortable for Azi though when he is contacted by a hacker friend online and then all hell breaks loose. Azi is thrown headfirst into the underbelly of the dark web searching for the elusive Gomorrah.

I find the topic of hacking and computers in general really fascinating because for most normal computer users, we will never be aware of what really goes on in the internet and what computers are really capable off. Most of us will merely use them for browsing for internet, maybe creating the odd word document or spreadsheet. Azi and his fellow hackers however, use them for completely different purposes.

This is a fast paced action thriller with plenty going on from beginning to end. It is fairly complex and detailed at times though so I wouldn’t say this is a ‘beach read’ as such. But if you’re after something a bit unusual with a different topic then it’s a worth a read.

[Michael Saunders · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great story full of intrigue and suspense. I love anything dark web related and this provided a great backdrop to a terrorist plot. I do hope there will be a sequel.

[Rita Andrade]

Azi Bello é um pirata informático habituado a trabalhar sozinho, em privacidade, sem contactar pessoalmente com ninguém. Esta sua opção de vida sofre uma alteração quando Munira Khan lhe pede ajuda. Munira é uma pirata informática muçulmana que se encontra em perigo após ter andado a investigar Gomorra, um mercado ultra-secreto e exclusivo da dark web onde se pode adquirir de tudo.
A acção de “Isto é Gomorra” decorre a um ritmo acelerado, com adrenalina e muitas emoções fortes. Temos em jogo: vidas, lealdades, escolhas que podem despoletar o inimaginável tanto a nível individual como a nível colectivo.
No entanto, tenho que admitir que, apesar de toda a acção que se desenvolve a bom ritmo, este foi um livro que me custou ler. Senti imensa dificuldade em “entrar” na história e acompanhar toda a evolução do enredo. Ponderei por diversas vezes desistir da leitura (tendo até posto o livro de parte durante vários dias), mas acabei por retomá-la. 
Apesar de não ter muito termo de comparação, creio que é um livro muito bom dentro do género. Admito que esta minha dificuldade em gostar deste livro está mais relacionada com a minha actual pouca ligação a este género de enredos ou, simplesmente, à fase em que o li. Não deixem de dar uma oportunidade a “Isto é Gomorra” se são fãs do género, pois acredito que terão uma boa experiência. 

Lido: 15-28/03/20

[Marieke Leest · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ik mocht het boek lezen voor de LS Sterrenthriller leesclub.
Een zeer mooi geïllustreerde kaft trok mij aan om het boek te lezen.
Het boek speelt in op actuele thema's als hackers, darkweb, terrorisme.
Voor mij persoonlijk was het in het begin van het boek erg wennen aan alle informatie die je krijgt en aan de schrijfstijl, die niet echt mijn ding was. Moeilijk woordgebruik, veel technische informatie en naar mijn gevoel weinig spanning. Ik heb me echt door het begin moet worstelen. Ik werd daardoor helaas niet erg het verhaal ingetrokken. Ik zou het boek meer als een actiethriller definiëren dan als een spannende thriller.

[Hal · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s an interesting enough banal thriller about hacking. Reads like it should be a movie. Hacker stories are like fantasy/magic stories. If there is a stall in the plot, the the hacker magically hacks into a mainframe or corporate or personal something that resolves all problems. And it only takes a few minutes, even under pressure and massive firewalls. I still don’t get what the big conspiracy plan was about and I don’t care enough to go back and try to figure it out.

[Rob · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had high expectations of this book. Was quite dispappointed when i had finished it. Takes quite long for the story to really develop. Still, even after finishing it, it is still not clear to me who is battling against who.

[Paulien · Rating 3 out of 5]

Geen boek voor digibeten!

Het boek leest als een trein, totdat Azi steeds dichterbij Gomorrah aankomt. Vanaf dat moment werd het meer een science fiction met een verhaallijn van een thriller. Science fiction is niet mijn genre waardoor de laatste hoofdstukken lastig te lezen waren.

[Patricia Moren · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a thriller based around the world of hacking and the Dark Web. It all ties in with terrorism and Neo Nazis and is a Helter - Skelter ride from beginning to end Fascinating story..

[Mark Silva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked it a lot!