Kill Switch, by James Phelan,
Hachette - RRP $29.99
A roller-coaster terrorist thriller from Australia's answer
to a post-Osama Tom Clancy. Jed Walker has 48 hours to save the world.
The countdown has begun. The world is under cyber attack.
The secretive terror outfit of linked lone-wolf operatives, known as Zodiac,
has activated another terrorist cell. Chaos will be unleashed at six-hour
intervals, with each event more catastrophic than the last, culminating in a
devastating global catastrophe within 48 hours. The options for the hackers are
endless: bring down California's telecom system; remote detonate explosives at
an army base in Virginia; cause Amtrak's signals to fail; collapse air traffic
control in US airspace.
Consequences are unthinkable. The US President has the power
to enact the Internet Freedom Act - the 'Kill Switch'. Turning off the Net will
stop the attacks, and give the CIA and the Pentagon time to track down those
responsible. But it's not that simple. Fourteen people with the key to restart
the Internet are missing. The US will plummet into pandemonium if electronic
communications cease. Jed Walker, ex CIA-operative, has thwarted Zodiac twice
before. But, this time, nothing will prepare him for what he uncovers. Walker
has 48 hours.
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