The Zenith Angle (ePub)
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
"Gleeful, shrewd, speculative, cynical, closely observed . . . The Zenith Angle offers wisdom and solace, thrills and laughter."-The Washington Post
"Compelling and important . . . A darkly comic fable of info-war, the black budget, über-geek idealism,...
"Compelling and important . . . A darkly comic fable of info-war, the black budget, über-geek idealism,...
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"Gleeful, shrewd, speculative, cynical, closely observed . . . The Zenith Angle offers wisdom and solace, thrills and laughter."-The Washington Post
"Compelling and important . . . A darkly comic fable of info-war, the black budget, über-geek idealism, and the politics of Homeland Insecurity."-William Gibson, author of Pattern Recognition
Pioneering computer wizard Derek "Van" Vandeveer has been living extra-large as a VP for a booming Internet company. But the September 11 attacks on America change everything. Recruited as the key member of an elite federal computer-security team, Van enters the labyrinthine trenches of the Washington intelligence community. His special genius is needed to debug the software glitch in America's most crucial KH-13 satellite, capable of detecting terrorist hotbeds worldwide. But the problem is much deeper. Now Van must make the unlikely leap from scientist to spy, team up with a ruthlessly resourceful ex-Special Forces commando, and root out an unknown enemy-one with access to a weapon of untold destructive power.
"Great fun . . . A cyberthriller of 21st-century technologies [that] peeps wittily behind the national security scenes of a modern superpower."-New Scientist
"A comedic thriller for the homeland security era."-Entertainment Weekly
"Compelling and important . . . A darkly comic fable of info-war, the black budget, über-geek idealism, and the politics of Homeland Insecurity."-William Gibson, author of Pattern Recognition
Pioneering computer wizard Derek "Van" Vandeveer has been living extra-large as a VP for a booming Internet company. But the September 11 attacks on America change everything. Recruited as the key member of an elite federal computer-security team, Van enters the labyrinthine trenches of the Washington intelligence community. His special genius is needed to debug the software glitch in America's most crucial KH-13 satellite, capable of detecting terrorist hotbeds worldwide. But the problem is much deeper. Now Van must make the unlikely leap from scientist to spy, team up with a ruthlessly resourceful ex-Special Forces commando, and root out an unknown enemy-one with access to a weapon of untold destructive power.
"Great fun . . . A cyberthriller of 21st-century technologies [that] peeps wittily behind the national security scenes of a modern superpower."-New Scientist
"A comedic thriller for the homeland security era."-Entertainment Weekly
Autoren-Porträt von Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling is the author of nine novels, three of which were selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. The Difference Engine, cowritten with William Gibson, was a national bestseller. He has also published three short-story collections and two nonfiction books. He has written for many magazines, including Newsweek, Fortune, Harper's, Details, Whole Earth Review, and Wired, where he is a contributing editor. He has won two Hugo Awards for Best Novella. Sterling lives in Austin, Texas.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Bruce Sterling
- 2004, 320 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Random House Worlds
- ISBN-10: 0345478320
- ISBN-13: 9780345478320
- Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2004
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