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It used to take an entire nation to wage a war. Today it takes only one man. Taki Homosoto survived the hell of Hiroshima. Now, more than 50 years later, the time has come for the Americans to feel the flames of his revenge, using his personal army of terrorists and intelligence agents. The US Government and a network of somewhat reluctant allies - invisible and anonymous hackers join forces to battle this powerful enemy. The devastating climax of this one man's plan...this powerful, bitter survivor of ayamachi, The Great Mistake, is certain to bring global chaos and economic meltdown. A terrifying, thought provoking tale.
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I did not expect Michael Slade to make it into this series. Despite the fact that "he" shares two of my names and my home town, I feel no real kinship with what is, after all, the pseudonym of two Vancouver lawyers. There is also the fact that "Michael Slade" specializes in horror, which has never been high on my "must read" list. I must admit that, having read one of "his" books out of random curiosity, I quite enjoyed it. While the criminal activities are not merely gruesome but positively twisted, at least there is some research and not a little imagination involved. The characterizations are full and realistic, even down to the details of petty rivalries. The plots are delightfully convoluted, with entire shoals of scarlet herrin... Rest of this review on the detail page
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After surviving the “Y2K bug,” the now-married Russell and Hanna have returned to what they hope will be a normal life. But those responsible for the Y2K bug have not forgotten the parts Russell and Hanna played in their failure. Paul, having returned to work for the CIA, fears the U.S. may be vulnerable to another computer attack, and he asks Hanna to look into it. Hanna discovers the Raptor Virus, a bug that is in an array of control chips planted in telecommunication switches and routers throughout the world. The Chinese decide Hanna is getting too close, and they set her up. Knowing that they are being pursued, Hanna and Russell travel to Big Bend, but the Chinese are stalking them. The chase is on as the CIA tries to protec... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Nicholas Linnear, visionary hero of The Ninja, The Kaisho, and Floating City, returns in...Second Skin Eric Lustbader's powerful novels have established him as "an author of authentic and engrossing Oriental intrigue second to none" (Ib Melchior, Los Angeles Times Book Review). Now the international bestselling master storyteller brings us a globe-spanning new novel of epic adventure. Nicholas Linnear is back -- to confront his most formidable and hated enemy. Nicholas Linnear won a major battle with the apocalyptic destruction of Floating City. But his enemy has taken flight from the city's ruins in Vietnam to regroup and mount the assault that will solidify his ultimate power -- and destroy Linnear. Mick Leonforte, an international corp... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Elena Weaver was a surprise to anyone meeting her for the first time. In her clingy dresses and dangling earrings she exuded a sexuality at odds with the innocence projected by the unicorn posters on her walls. While her embittered mother fretted about her welfare from her home in London, in Cambridge--where Elena was a student at St. Stephen's College--her father and his second wife each had their own very different image of the girl. As for Elena, she lived a life of casual and intense physical and emotional relationships, with scores to settle and goals to achieve--until someone, lying in wait along the route she ran every morning, bludgeoned her to death.Unwilling to turn the killing over to the local police, the university calls in New... Rest of this review on the detail page
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