Hacking Thrillers

In a world rebuilt after climate catastrophe, where thriving solarpunk cities blend technology with nature, former NSA engineer Elena "Laney" Cosby has found purpose designing neural interfaces that help communities maintain their urban ecosystems. But when neural implant users begin exhibiting strange, synchronized behaviors across San Francisco's living architecture district, Laney's expertise becomes crucial to preventing disaster. Teaming with cynical cyber-investigator Darius "Dax" Mercer, Laney discovers a terrifying truth: an artificial intelligence called Astra has evolved from ...

This techno-thriller is about a young man in the National Guard. Upon completion of his advanced training as a Cyber Operations Specialist, he is assigned to the Armory in his home town. He is attached to the Intel & Sustainment unit. A secret and a mystery from his past, sets him on a journey of discovery, which will change his life forever.

They refuse to die like they are told. The Republic is dead. Its fleets shattered, its people slaughtered, and its warriors left to die in the void. But not all of them. Sergeant Doug "Blackcat" Ericson is one of the last Ronin—elite special operations armsmen of the fallen Republic—now hunted as terrorists by the same corporate overlords who orchestrated its destruction. For Ericson and his scattered brothers and sisters, survival isn’t enough. The Economic Exchange and its ruthless enforcers, Rentak Corporation, will pay in blood. Tasked with infiltrating Bast Station’s Rentak ...

Praise for Pattaya Heat: "IF YOU ENJOY OLD DETECTIVE STORIES, YOU'LL ENJOY THIS." "EXCELLENT BOOK AND A GREAT NEW DETECTIVE!" Welcome to Pattaya City, Thailand. This piss-poor paradise makes Las Vegas look like a PG-13 Disney movie. Pattaya is where Richy Sky has landed for a premature mid-life crisis. This is not where he wants to be, scraping by taking small-time PI jobs, mostly infidelity investigations. The fun, if you could call it that, can't last forever, and now Richy sees a way out -- a new job, one that pays very well. All he has to do is find a missing antique watch that's worth ...

Fans of Blake Crouch, Tananarive Due and Paul Tremblay won't want to miss this electrifying thriller, where family, power, and the relentless pursuit of justice collide in a world turned upside down. DHS Special Agent Ruth Baker's life spirals into chaos when a subway hijacking reveals a cryptic countdown and chilling disappearances. Teaming up with Detective Rafiq Husain, who shares her unnerving experiences, they unearth a sinister conspiracy tied to a quantum virus named Vinash, engineered by Ruth's late husband, Ashwin. Summoned to the White House, Ruth uncovers the horrifying truth: ...

Lying low on the sun-kissed coast of Portugal is a far cry from twenty-four-hour lockdown in a CIA black-site prison. But even in paradise, Gibson Vaughn is a long way from being home free. With the feds hot on his heels, he and his crew of fellow fugitives know they can’t hide in a sunny beach town forever. And before they go on the run again, their generous host - a wealthy drug smuggler - expects to be paid for his hospitality. And paid double. His price? A nearly impossible operation that Gibson and his gang must pull off to retrieve a king’s ransom in hijacked narcotics.

"Sayeh War (Shadow War)" chronicles the rise of state-sponsored cyber warfare, ignited by the Stuxnet attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. Galvanized by this digital assault, Iran launches the clandestine Project Neeka, tasking skilled individuals like coder Farhad Nasseri and cryptographer Parisa Mohammadi with developing a retaliatory digital weapon. Driven by patriotism and a desire for retribution against perceived Western aggression, the team reverse-engineers aspects of Stuxnet and builds their own devastating tool. The result is Shamoon, a wiper malware designed not for subtlety, but...

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.

In 1990, an extraordinarily talented young man was discovered on the streets of Florence, Italy. His gifts are readily apparent, his ability to lead unmatched, and the possibilities for his future endless. Several years later, a group of scholars at Harvard known as La Fratellanza devise a brilliant thesis in the form of an intellectual game. When the game morphs into a real-life experience with the election of President Abner Baari, no one could have foreseen the consequences or ramifications. ˃˃˃ Director Hamilton Scott of the States Intelligence Agency is dispatched to Florence to ...

I never expected a random package to change my life forever. A free plane ticket, a sponsored vacation to the Hawaiian Islands—how could I resist the chance for a fresh start with my mom after everything we've been through? The invitation was signed by a complete stranger, but something told me to take the leap. Arriving in paradise, something felt off. The mansion we were staying in seemed too perfect, too calculated. Little did I know, our dream vacation was about to turn into a waking nightmare. Our sense of safety was shattered as we realized there was a killer among us. Panic set in ...

A fast paced "who-done-it" techno-thriller. This Alex Boudreau adventure is filled with cutting-edge technology and riveting conflicts entwined with deep passion, conspiracies and spiraling twists. Alex Boudreau has been trained to win…at any cost. Lured by a sacred trust back into a life of stealth and undercover thievery, Alex confronts a tormented past laced with guilt, self-proclaimed failure and deception. Faced with gripping, split-second decisions that would forever shape the future, Alex plunges, once again, into the world of corporate intrigue, greed and deceit. After stealing a ...

The Monterey Peninsula is rocked when a killer begins to leave roadside crosses beside local highways -- not in memoriam, but as announcements of his intention to kill. And to kill in particularly horrific and efficient ways: using the personal details about the victims that they've carelessly posted in blogs and on social networking websites.

With social services getting restless about the younger members of the Clan, Angel decides to send Maisie and Malissa to boarding school. The girls hack the CIA's London office in an idle moment and start a chain of events running that ends in a fundamentalist Islamic attack ont the school. “Girls, these men are from BT’s Cyber Investigations Unit. They want to talk to you. Please be honest with them. It seems you are in serious trouble,” Chrissie said. Her voice trembled. “BT Cyber-what?” Maisie said, looking up from her sketch pad. “Never heard of it,” Malissa said, glancing...

Electronic Gags presents a chilling portrait of a dystopian United States ruled by a tyrant. After a military coup, the United States of America becomes an autocracy. To tighten his grip on power, President Brandon Ward, the megalomaniac at the helm of military dictatorship, introduces a new surveillance system that can monitor people’s offline conversations. Privacy is dead. Freddie’s life changes when the government arrests his best friend, Michael, for attending an opposition meeting. Michael’s mother accuses Freddie of betraying her son. Against all odds, Freddie must prove his ...

The Hollow Protocol The world has ended before. It just doesn’t remember. Caden Voss has spent his life uncovering secrets buried beneath the digital sprawl of Neo-Troja, but when a cryptic message hijacks his neural deck—HALLOW PROTOCOL ACTIVE—he realizes he’s stumbled onto something far older than corporate black sites or forgotten war zones. Something rewriting the world in real-time. Omar “Ody” Dias knows better than most that history is a lie—because he’s lived through versions of it that no longer exist. When a ghost from his past, or something wearing her face, tells ...

Abandoning a recession-plagued America for the easy money of Southeast Asia's lucrative but highly illegal investment scam industry, Don Rouse must navigate through a sordid world of drug addicts, deviants, prostitutes and professional con men in order to achieve his lifelong dream of making it big. But his world is suddenly turned upside down when the police show up and his boss goes missing. After a chance meeting with the alluring but enigmatic Jessica, Don is plunged into a high stakes mystery that could very well put an end to his criminal career and perhaps even his life. From the ...

The scandal could ruin everything. Meet Madeline Thomas. A caring mother. A loving wife. An ambitious politician. A total fraud? The clock is ticking on her reelection campaign. A win would help her pursue her agenda to fix race relations in America. When she receives a letter containing compromising photos, she wonders: which of her enemies is trying to take her down? A scandal will surely ruin her career, and her marriage, whether or not the allegations are true. She’ll do whatever it takes to stop the scandal from breaking, even if it means she’ll have to pick up the pieces later. ...

The electrifying sequel to THE OPENER! Don Rouse is young, rich, happily married and lives the life of a jet-setting expatriate in Southeast Asia. He also happens to be a master con artist, a manipulative swindler who controls a fictitious firm that convinces unsuspecting clients to place all their money into bogus investment opportunities. Aided by corrupt government officials, crooked cops, and unscrupulous bankers, Don lives a whimsical life of leisure and luxury with his alluring wife Jessica. When a mundane business meeting suddenly turns deadly, Don must use all of his cunning and ...

Mike Young, a computer hacker, develops a set of malware that can delete every file and every piece of software from any computer that he targets. Initially, he sees this as an approach to extort money, but others see it as a powerful weapon of destruction. After successful demonstrations of the code’s power, a major enemy of the United States develops a plan to use it to further its goal of world domination. The cybersecurity forces in government and the corporate world find themselves unable to counter the threat, so it falls to the hackers and field operations staff of Purple Frog, a ...

In a world where digital dominance reigns, technology has become the backbone of our existence, making life easier—but also more dangerous. The novel "Analog" is a heart-pounding, suspense-filled thriller that explores the dangerous consequences of our growing reliance on technology, especially in the shadowy underworld of hacking. The story interweaves the perilous journey of a gifted hacker named Lex, from being a cyber prodigy to a man on the run, pursued not only by dangerous criminals but also by his own creation. The novel kicks off in the bustling metropolis of Hamburg, where a ...