Hacker Thriller

Decades ago, the Cybercrash destroyed the internet, and almost destroyed the nation. From the ashes rose OverNet, a new realm of cybersecurity created by tech genius Dr. Andrew Norman. But gamer Jason Cromartie witnesses a brutal side to Norman’s system when his twin sister becomes a casualty of its algorithmic choices. Now Jason will do anything to bring down the man he holds responsible, even become a “phreaker” working for a dangerous hacker ring via Sprite, his secretive handler.

The ghost story has long been a staple of world literature, but many of the genre's greatest tales have been forgotten, overshadowed in many cases by their authors' best-selling work in other genres. In this spine-tingling anthology, little known stories from literary titans like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton are collected alongside overlooked works from masters of horror fiction like Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James. In bringing these masterful tales back from the dead, Ghost Stories will enlighten and frighten both longtime fans as well as new listeners of the genre.

Cole Cheetum would like nothing more than to quietly tinker in his lab on the Wildwood, NJ boardwalk. His past inventions and quirky personality have earned him a warm place in the heart of America's popular culture.

At 16, Theo Reese is the youngest agent for Tactical Operational Support. His way with computers makes him invaluable. He designs new gadgets, helps agents (including his parents) in the field, and works to keep the TOS network safe. But when a hacker breaches the system TOS uses to track agents, Theo is put to the test like never before.

A medical scanner shocks Talia by telling her she's given birth before. Talia's sure the AI is glitching, but it's stirred something deep in her memory. Will she risk remembering?

As a stay-at-home mom with an adorable four-year-old son, Becky Taylor knows she has her hands full. Even though she's juggling her husband's important career ambitions, competitive playgroup moms, and a sister who won't stop reminding her of the dreams she once had to fight for social justice, Becky still feels something is missing. When she discovers a disc with damaging information about a megabank, Becky begins covertly moonlighting for one of the world's most controversial websites, exposing state and corporate secrets.

Life in a post-apocalyptic city teeming with zombies isn't easy, but it can still be fun with the right friends by your side. Get all three audiobooks in this exclusive series collection bundle! Love supernatural stories with plenty of humor? You'll love the adventures of Eli Carter and the other ghost hunters, Khan, and Valentine Hart.

Computer whiz Peter has set up an online network which attracts the wrong crowd: criminals who embraced technology to hide their dirty dealings. Peter got rich, then got in too deep and ended up running for his life. The only way he could survive was to fake his own death. Now the ruthless American gangsters he was in partnership with have discovered he is still breathing; and they have put a price on his head.

Cyber-crime didn't exist in the 1980s. Or did it? Clem Chambers' gripping techno-thriller series, The Hacker Chronicles, is a reminder that the dark art of hacking is as old as network technology. Dial Up for Murder is set in 1984, long before the revolutionary advent of the Internet and World Wide Web. The hacker hero Peter is an entrepreneurial nerd struggling to attract paying subscribers to his new-fangled network. A chance meeting with a shady customer soon has the young computer whizz raking in the dough.

Though the head of a major multinational corporation and a key player in world affairs, Samuel Walker Cox has a past that few people know about. But that group is about to get bigger. A computer disk has fallen into the hands of the Net Force, outing the powerful American businessman as a former Russian spy.

It's the late '70s and Max and Little Billy are back from Vietnam trying to mind their own business when they stumble onto the murder of a local boy. With organized crime and local thugs on their trail, it's up to these two local heroes to solve the murder.

Zach Axton is in a dark place. After the brutal murder of the love of his life, the haunted FBI agent’s slender will to live is only due to the care of his canine companion. But he’s grudgingly pulled back into work when a prisoner in an experimental government program designed to increase brain functioning escapes in a violent and bloody confrontation. Teaming up with his former partner and a beautiful assistant district attorney, Axton uses his specialized skills in hunting serial killers to track down the brilliant psychopath.

Pete thought his life was made. A college student with an uncanny ability to hack into almost any system, he and his group of select friends begin to stretch their reach. It started with hacking the school’s database to change grades for some of the football players and then grew to anything they desired or coveted. Soon, others started coming to them with requests. Unable to handle the mounting pressure, the group moves off campus and away from prying eyes.

Cadel Piggott has a genius IQ and a fascination with systems of all kinds. At seven, he was illegally hacking into computers. Now he's 14 and studying for his World Domination degree, taking classes like embezzlement, misinformation, forgery, and infiltration at the institute founded by criminal mastermind Dr. Phineas Darkkon. Although Cadel may be advanced beyond his years, at heart he's a lonely kid.

A hacker war—17 years in the making—erupts after GlobeCom takes over the world through human chip implants. As dozens of hacker strike teams around the world attempt to relieve GlobeCom of its iron grip on humanity through a coordinated attack on its data centers, Cy is gravely injured, and her husband is killed in the attack. At his funeral, Cy learns the hacker clans are now going after her secret spouse, a chief security officer from GlobeCom’s China hub who has been anonymously feeding the clans insider information to aid their cause.

Philly wasn't always like this. I remember a time when the city was alive, bustling with energy and dreams. Now, it's a ghost town, a skeletal remnant of its former glory. The economic meltdown hit the United States like a sledgehammer, shattering everything in its path. People starved, society crumbled, and chaos reigned. Amidst this ruin, I navigate the decaying streets, avoiding the cyborgs that now patrol our world.

Special Agent Will Parker ist beim FBI, um der Allgemeinheit zu dienen. Doch als seine Vorgesetzten ihm einen undurchsichtigen Partner zur Seite stellen und einen Mordfall zuteilen, der im Zusammenhang mit seiner Vergangenheit steht, wird er misstrauisch. Immerhin war Parker früher CEO seines eigenen IT-Konzerns, und das Mordopfer wollte den bahnbrechenden Prototyp eines Quantencomputers verkaufen, der seiner Firma gehört. Während die Ermittlungen immer undurchschaubarer werden und sogar ausländische Agenten mitmischen, muss sich Parker entscheiden, wem seine Loyalität gehört: seiner Firma oder dem FBI.

Tobia Allievi si troverà a indagare su uno dei casi più criptici della sua carriera. Sono stati ritrovati, in ordine: il corpo di una ragazza punk, delle lettere dell’alfabeto posizionate in un apparente disordine, il poster di uno di quei film dimenticati, un altro corpo — questa volta di un hacker, ritrovato crocifisso — e per finire in bellezza una citazione di Wittgenstein. Allievi dovrà trovare il filo che connette tutti questi pezzi del puzzle, ma la questione sembra avere dell’impossibile.

December 2012, a massive solar storm knocks out the power grid. Three hundred million Americans are suddenly faced with a survival situation. They have no water, electricity or fuel. Food rapidly disappears from the store shelves, not to be replaced. Only three percent will survive. Those three percent will have much in common. What does it take to be one of them?

Der Garten Gethsemane am Vorabend von Jesus' Kreuzigung ... Marc und Guido halten sich für die Größten, als sie sich über das Stromnetz in den Vatikanrechner hacken. Doch sie können nichts mit der Computersimulation von Jehudas Verrat anfangen, die plötzlich über ihren Bildschirm flimmert...