Interrupt

by Toni Dwiggins

In Silicon Valley, profoundly deaf 12-year-old Wayne Faulkner tries to call 911 when an intruder stuns his father in the back yard - and 40,000 phones suddenly go dead. Wayne's father, Andy, can't figure out what happened, and he ought to see it at he's a telecom engineer, after all. But the terrorist Interrupt is clever, and Interrupt doesn't mind murder...
Andy, soon a prime suspect, must identify Interrupt before the next killing - for Interrupt has taken Wayne. But Interrupt may be anybody, even the beautiful lineworker, Nell Colson. Anybody at all.

Genres: Fiction

317 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1993

Reviews

[Judy]

This book was not awful, but did not pass the test for keeping me interested, so I'm setting it down (actually setting it free to find a new home) and will start reading something else. I'm not going to rate it since I don't think it is really a bad book, just a bit outdated, and not capturing my attention.

[Sean Randall · Rating 3 out of 5]

This had a great hayday of science fiction feel to it – almost a punchcard, computer era thing going on, despite terms like broadband. The disability aspect was interesting, though in fact the minicom equipment didn’t actually impact the story any which was a bit of a shame. Still, interesting for its technology more than its psychology, but interesting nevertheless.