Hacker Thriller

Still reeling from her devastating loss, Farris is barely holding it together when she's approached by a covert government agency. The IDC is recruiting the best hackers in the country to form a team capable of tracking down and thwarting cyber terrorists. When they make her an offer she can't refuse - a shot at catching the people responsible for the death of her father - she's all in. But success will mean forging new alliances, betraying the people she loves, and trusting an old enemy. If she succeeds, she might finally get the closure she needs.

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.

Still recovering from her troubled past, Farris is no stranger to change. But when the military transfers her father across the country to an experimental aircraft squadron, settling in to a new life is the least of her problems. As a series of apparent computer glitches threaten the security of the fleet and the blame falls on her father, she decides to put her computer skills to use, digging up the truth. Soon she's drawn into the perilous world of a hacker who is determined to ground the fleet - at any cost.

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.

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.

When hacker Trevelle Williams discovers documents that threaten national security and put his life in jeopardy, there’s only one person he can turn to - Jon Reznick. Williams has learned that Rosalind Dyer, a key congressional witness, is about to be killed in order to stop her testimony. She has stumbled into the middle of a cover-up that goes deep into the United States government. Dyer knows her days are numbered, but that won’t stop her from doing what she has to do.

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.

When one reckless night leads Farris Barnett to the dead body of a classmate, she's as willing as everyone else to write it off as a suicide. That is, until cryptic messages start coming in from someone who knows the truth, and they want Farris on the case. Putting her hacker skills to work, she begins to unravel the life of a victim who might just have been the guiltiest of them all.

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.

Hamburg 2037: Lisa XIII öffnet die Augen. Sie ist anders. Sie will leben. Und ist bereit dafür zu kämpfen. Alex kehrt nach drei Jahren in die Stadt zurück. Niemand kann allein gegen die ganze Welt kämpfen. Dr. Agnes Gutter konnte als CEO von Better Life seit den mysteriösen Ereignissen vor drei Jahren vieles zum Besseren wenden. Nur ein Projekt entzieht sich noch ihrer Kontrolle. Zu viel Naivität, zu viel Profitgier und zu viel Ignoranz. Es hätte verhindert werden können.

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.

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.

Ferry Ranco hat als Computerexperte ein internationales Internet-Unternehmen aufgebaut. Als Hacker in das System des Bundeskanzleramtes einzudringen versuchen, sieht er sein Lebenswerk bedroht...

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...

Hidden deep within the figures tracking the ups and downs of the stock market lies a terrifying truth: America is under attack. Our government…our economy…our very way of life are in the crosshairs of a ruthless enemy…and no one knows. Except Garrett Reilly. He has a knack for numbers. He sees patterns no one else can. His gift has made him a rising star on Wall Street. But when he notices that two hundred billion dollars' worth of U.S. Treasury bonds are being sold off at a terrifying rate, his gift makes him the most wanted man alive.

Der Brite Azi Bello ist ein Hacker, einer der besten. Unerkannt bewegt er sich durch das Netz - und so ist der Schock umso größer, als eines Morgens jemand an die Tür seines mit Technik vollgestellten Gartenschuppens klopft. Es geht um Sigma, seine engste Hacker-Bekanntschaft. Hinter dem Pseudonym verbirgt sich die junge Muslima Munira, die dringend Hilfe braucht: Ihr Cousin ist zum IS nach Syrien gegangen, wo er furchtbarste Greuel erlebt hat. Nun will er nichts als zurück nach Europa. Im Gegenzug verspricht er explosive Informationen.

You could say it started with vanity. We believed we were special. But the truth is we were simply vulnerable. One of them is lying. One of them is guilty. No one is safe. Months after landing their dream job, five brilliant young minds are sent on a remote retreat. But when one of them disappears, they're forced to question why they were brought here in the first place - and how far they'd go to get what they want. And for the first time in their lives, they realise too much knowledge can be deadly.

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.

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.