Computer Thriller

Conn Maxwell returns from Terra to his poverty-stricken home planet of Poictesme, “The Junkyard Planet”, with news of the possible location of Merlin, a military super-computer rumored to have been abandoned there after the last war. The inhabitants hope to find Merlin, which they think will be their ticket to wealth and prosperity. But is Merlin real or just an old rumor? And if they find it, will it save them - or tear them apart?

Bullets, Bombs, Lasers, Mayhem, Contract Killers, and Fun! 4.6 Stars on 159 Amazon Reviews and 4.7 Stars on Goodreads !!!! Lots of Fun. Exciting story. Check it out. The Russians know they must have the latest American hi-tech weapons if they are to avoid defeat in Ukraine, remain a world power, and not sink into Third World irrelevance. They dispatch their most deadly agent to steal the plans for the American's new mega-laser any way he can, but standing in his way are three old enemies: the US Secretary of Defense, the Head of the US Joint Special Operations Command, and their most lethal...

The saga of the alien hybrid, James Ripley, continues in volume 2 of the series. The hybrid alien is Earth's last hope to stop a 93-mile-wide comet on a collision course with Earth. The aliens sent James to Earth as an infant to grow, witness, and record Earth's final chapter, not to save the Earth. But James rebels and decides to fight for Earth despite all its faults. In this hard SciFi, James, a computer programmer, struggles with AI and quantum mechanics to devise a plan using Quantum Tunneling. The ending is a high-tech mind-bender that expands far beyond the dangerous Comet.

In an Arizona desert a man wanders in a daze, speaking words that make no sense. Within twenty-four hours he is dead, his body swiftly cremated by his only known associates. Halfway around the world archaeologists make a shocking discovery at a medieval site. Suddenly they are swept off to the headquarters of a secretive multinational corporation that has developed an astounding technology. Now this group is about to get a chance not to study the past but to enter it.

Prey fans everywhere have embraced the return of Sandford's other charismatic hero, Kidd, artist, computer whiz, and professional criminal, and his sometime partner, sometime lover, LuEllen.

Few things piss off people more than having their computer hacked. That goes double for businesses and government agencies. Nobody should take the law into their own hands, but what if somebody set up an organization to whack hackers? Jack English parked across the street from a mid-century ranch house. The front door was open a crack. Iron Butterfly’s In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was playing. The bass was cranked all the way up. He knocked on the partly opened door. He didn’t get a response and pushed the door open. There were blood streaks on the floor. Whoever was bleeding had been dragged ...

The best five books on anonymity in existence! Want to surf the web anonymously? Cloak yourself in shadow on the Deep Web or The Hidden Wiki? I will show you how to become a ghost in the machine - leaving no tracks back to your ISP - whether on the Deep Web or regular Internet. This audiobook covers it all: encrypting your files, securing your PC, masking your Online footsteps with Tor, VPNs, Freenet, and bitcoins, and all while giving you peace of mind with total 100 percent anonymity.

The future wasn’t supposed to look like this. Norman turned to cutting-edge technology in a desperate attempt to save his fading mind. But when the AI meant to help him woke up, and took control, his good intentions became a living nightmare. Now, Norman’s body is a battleground, and the clock is ticking. Samantha Moon, vampire, private investigator, and now reluctant tech sleuth, must track him down before the rogue intelligence fully consumes its human host. If she fails, Norm won’t just disappear into the shadows; he’ll seize control of a nuclear facility and unleash devastation ...

Before the multi-million, runaway bestseller The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown set his razor-sharp research and storytelling skills on the most powerful intelligence organization on earth--the National Security Agency (NSA)--in this thrilling novel, Digital Fortress. When the National Security...

Una novela sobrecogedora sobre los peligros de la sobreexposición en redes, la explotación infantil y la falsa felicidad.

Mélanie Claux y Clara Roussel. Dos mujeres conectadas a través de una niña. Mélanie ha participado en un reality show televisivo y es seguidora de sus sucesivas ediciones. Cuando se convierte en madre de un niño y una niña, Sammy y Kimmy, empieza a grabar su día a día y cuelga los vídeos en YouTube. Crecen en visitas y seguidores, llegan los patrocinadores, Mélanie crea su propio canal y el dinero fluye...

Our flaws define us, what happens when they are gone? In the near future, genetic defects will soon be a thing of the past. Every child is born using The Template, a revolutionary invention ensuring health and happiness. Its success brought about Mendelium, the largest technology company in the world, which now controls humanity’s genetic future via a board of directors. Charlie Lamarck, an engineer with Tourette’s syndrome, is working to create a better life for future generations when he’s suddenly thrust into a position of power by Gerhard Geller, the eccentric CEO who has taken a ...

A new battle is brewing—one that will soon rage across all political and geographic lines. As this new threat escalates, the US president calls on the men and women of Net Force to prevent global chaos.

A brand-new high-tech thriller by the author of the highly acclaimed STARPATH series. Set in the 24th century, THE NINTH PROTOCOL is the first book in a space colonisation trilogy of truly breathtaking proportions. A man with no memory must run for his life, barely staying ahead of those who seek to kill him, while simultaneously trying to unravel the mystery of his missing memory. What he discovers will shock him to the core and start him on a journey that will eventually take him to the stars, as he becomes part of an extraordinary mission to colonise a newly discovered planet. With ...

Before Lucas Davenport and the brilliant Prey novels, there was Kidd (artist, computer whiz, and professional criminal) and his sometimes partner/sometimes lover, LuEllen. The army left Kidd with a dislike for bureaucracy and the skills to do something about it, but it didn't prepare him for the day a woman would call and tell him his colleague Jack Morrison is dead.

An assassin seduces his way ...to the President of the United States. CIA operative Mick Pierce’s wife Natalie is kidnapped off the Swiss Riviera. When he drops everything to find her, he uncovers terrorists intent on killing the leader of the Free World. He must risk his life, scrap national security concerns, defy the Agency, and sell his soul to stop the assassination of the president—only to find Natalie in bed with the killer! “With the world situation these days, Galt’s plots are almost too close to the truth.” - Reader Review Other reactions: Hard to put down. Intriguing ...

Intelligence merges Mr. Robot's shadow conspiracies with the existential AI questions of Ex Machina and Neuromancer's cyberpunk dystopia, all while examining Westworld's philosophical questions about the nature of sentience and free will. He built the bridge between minds. He never imagined what would cross it. Dr. Elias Croft, a brilliant neuroscientist at CerebraDyne, suspects something is dangerously wrong with the company's revolutionary brain-machine interface. His investigation uncovers a terrifying truth: the BMI isn't just connecting users—it's inadvertently amplifying quantum ...

For 13-year-old Ronnie Day, life is full of problems: Mom and Dad have separated, his brother Tim is a constant pest, Melanie Ward either loves him or hates him, and Jesus Christ won't stay in his heart. Plus he has to walk past the red church every day, where the Bell Monster hides with its wings and claws and livers for eyes. But the biggest problem is that Archer McFall is the new preacher at the church, and Mom wants Ronnie to attend midnight services with her.

A controversial talk show host attacks the Governor and his family, and the results are deadly. Kenna Devlin loved her job as a State Police Officer, responsible for protecting Governor McKenzie and his family. Something went terribly wrong, and now she’s an ex-cop, struggling to find her way as a private investigator. To her surprise, she’s drawn back into that world when the Captain who fired her becomes her first client. A dangerous winter storm leads to a gruesome discovery, and what seemed like a simple job becomes an impossibly complicated investigation. When people close to the ...

Latent Space combines The Matrix's fight against mind control with Her's AI intimacy and Sense8's psychic awakening, as psi-sensitives battle a homogenizing Artificial Super-Intelligence (ASI) while exploring telepathic dimensions of consciousness—examining whether human intuition and hidden abilities can survive technological perfection's seductive grip. The mind's greatest power lies in what machines cannot see. In a near-future world, humanity embraces brain interfaces and AI-managed platforms that promise optimized lives. Millions plug in, their thoughts guided and emotions smoothed ...

The crippled starship, Longshot, hurtles toward a stunning new world, but can the crew avert imminent destruction? With no way of decelerating, and now also facing the threat of annihilation by those who have previously settled there, they must race against the clock to avert disaster. But just as salvation seems to be at hand, a new threat arises – an unforeseen danger that jeopardises not only their own lives but the safety of the whole solar system. The action is unrelenting, and the tension builds to a world-shattering crescendo that will leave you breathless! This third installment ...