Technology Thriller

As the Big Island of Hawai'i faces an eruption of unprecedented intensity, the U.S. military contends with the consequences of a long-held doomsday secret. The master of the techno-blockbuster joins forces with the master of the modern thriller. Eruption is the passion project Michael Crichton...

A nuclear disaster strikes Europe… …but inside the cutting-edge thorium reactor, everything appears normal. No system failures. No containment breach. Not a single malfunction. Yet - hospitals overflow with radiation victims. Wildlife drops dead in forests. Trees wither and decay for miles. Something is poisoning the land—something no sensor can detect. Something that shouldn't exist. When the IAEA sends specialist investigator Jonathan Beck to the scene, he faces an impossible paradox. The reactor is clean. The science says it's safe. But people are dying. He isn't alone in the hunt....

The horror is real. Darwin and team face off against a cult hellbent on resurrecting the world's deadliest disease. When thieves steal holy relics from the Vatican Museums, he suspects the antiquities cartel he shut down is still operating. But something doesn’t add up. As Darwin chases evidence of the saint’s bones from Rome to Kyrgyzstan and Warsaw, he meets an investigative reporter who links them to a series of devasting attacks on remote Siberian villages. Has someone genetically engineered a bioweapon? With time running out and no government willing to investigate Russia, Darwin ...

The Governor of Texas, the self-described mortal enemy of the president, directs a legendary Texas Ranger to rescue a Tea Party organizer from the clutches of federal agents. The resulting struggle sets the stage for a cataclysmic power struggle between officials in Austin and Washington, DC, further polarizing the nation. The president orders the vote stopped as he suspends the Second Amendment and declares martial law. Texas is now in A State of Treason.

He’s no hero and just wants to run space cargo. Alien warlords want him dead - with a billion credit price on his head. Now, every soldier with a gun and a spaceship wants to cash in on easy money, or so they think . . . But, humans are not easy to kill, especially a battle hardened Marine warrior from Earth. He is uncertain about where his life is going, but knows one thing - he hates the arrogance of the wealthy elite who promised the head-bounty. And, he’ll use his brilliant strategy, clever tactics and advanced weaponry to make them pay with their precious, jewelry-studded lives if ...

Cybersecurity super-sleuth Frank Adversego finds himself trapped in a power play between the FBI and the CIA as hackers try to destroy the USA. Only by defeating the Alexandria Project can he clear himself. 

“In a word: Brilliant….It left me breathless and awed….Pure exhilaration from the first page to the last.” —James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Altar of Eden “WOW! Double Wow!...Ghost Country by Patrick Lee will make Asimov and Heinlein cheer with the angels. The...

Today’s UV Index: Lethal Deep inside the sun, magnetic lines of force are growing…building in ways not experienced for a millennium. When a pair of increasingly severe solar storms disables internet, communications, and GPS for millions around the globe, helioseismologist Greyson Finn fears the imminent arrival of a cataclysmic super flare, a magnetic explosion of the sun with the potential to obliterate life on earth. In a desperate bid to help the world prepare, Finn and his fellow scientists rush to address the critical question: will the solar weather subside, or is the worst yet to...

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal - especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager. 

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.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl. Following his “resurrection walk” and need for a new direction, Mickey Haller turns to public...

A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today bestseller "Newport is making a bid to be the Marie Kondo of technology: someone with an actual plan for helping you realize the digital pursuits that do, and don't, bring value to your life."--Ezra Klein, Vox Minimalism is...

She built a life online. Something else made it real. Elise had control. Over her words. Over her identity. Over the version of herself that existed online—carefully constructed, deeply trusted, and completely separate from her real life. For three years, she maintained the balance. Two lives. No overlap. Until someone sent her a photo of her own front door. At first, it feels like a breach. A stranger watching. A boundary crossed. But as messages turn into predictions—and predictions turn into reality—Elise realizes the truth is far more dangerous. Someone isn’t just observing her ...

She gave it permission to help. It learned how to control. Nora Helms knows better than to trust vague consent language. As a compliance specialist for medical software, she spends her days questioning what companies do with access, data, and the private lives hidden behind a single click. But at home, Nora is exhausted. Her house is too smart, her grief is too quiet, and the people who love her are beginning to feel like demands she cannot meet. So when she accepts early access to Ari, an adaptive AI companion designed to make modern life easier, Nora tells herself it is only a tool. At ...

Read by Peter Kenny, award-winning narrator of the Culture series by Iain M. Banks. In a ravaged near-future England, a private detective with psychic powers might be the last hope standing between mankind and total collapse. Mindstar Rising is the first cyberpunk thriller in Peter F. Hamilton's...

This electrifying novel set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077 follows a group of strangers as they discover that the dangers of Night City are all too real. In sparkling Night City, a ragtag group of strangers have just pulled off a heist, robbing a convoy transporting a mysterious container...

A weapon that controls the weather. A billionaire with no conscience. And a scientist who knows too much. Deep in Siberia, Nikoli Petrovich has weaponized nature itself. His Auroral Array can unleash catastrophic devastation on any city on Earth — and he's already started. Major cities are burning. Thousands are dying. And Petrovich is just getting started. Sofia Kuzma discovered the horrifying truth from inside his operation. Now his assassins are hunting her through the frozen streets of Moscow. Her only chance: reach the U.S. Embassy before Petrovich silences her forever. Enter Blake ...

A dark family secret. A bizarre cult. A talisman that can destroy entire cities. Darwin must stop the skeletons in his past... before they bury our future. Darwin Lacroix is a wreck. An ancient booby trap nearly kills his wife, Eyrún. A tunnel under their home hides an alchemy lab with strange crystals. And a tabloid reveals his forebear stole American gold, threatening his job as Vatican special director of antiquities. Then he’s slapped with a paternity suit. Could his life get any worse? Modern tests show the crystals are a scientific holy grail—an unlimited energy source—worth ...

Popular Lost Cities author David Hatcher Childress takes us into the amazing world of ancient technology, from computers in antiquity to the flying machines of the gods. Childress looks at the technology that was allegedly used in Atlantis and the theory that the Great Pyramid of Egypt was originally a gigantic power station. He examines tales of ancient flight and the technology that it involved; how the ancients used electricity; megalithic building techniques; the use of crystal lenses and the fire from the gods; and more.

The war isn’t coming. It’s already here Jack Maddox thought he was done with the shadows, until a buried directive drags him back into a covert war inside Washington DC. As Operation Phoenix resurfaces, he and Lucia Navarro uncover a ruthless conspiracy stretching from intelligence agencies to the highest levels of power. The target isn’t just control - it’s the future of the United States itself. But the battlefield doesn’t stay contained. When a classified mission pulls them into the Arctic, Maddox and Navarro uncover the Black Atlas - a Cold War relic capable of triggering ...