After reading Thomas Waite's suspense thriller, LETHAL CODE, you will not sleep without wondering how real this threat could be. Imagine our world being crippled by the threat of cyber warfare! Waite's novel shows the terrifying realization of how vulnerable we all would be in such a case.
The novel starts out by mentioning a speech given by former CIA Director and Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta in 2012 talking about this very thing. Setting the path for this fictional storyline, Waite also makes us aware of such true possibilities. As I read I could not help but feel lots anticipation throughout each chapter as I came to care about the characters and how their lives entwined together. Just as in any action movie, you are rooting for the good guy and wanting them to punch the bad.
Lana Elkins works for a cyber security-company that has to help the NSA stop a cyber warfare attack on the U.S. As a mother, she is constantly worrying for her teenaged daughter, as well as having to help her government save the rest of America from the destruction imposed by an enemy that they cannot even identify. As she races time with other individuals, such as innocent Ruhi Mancur, a Saudi, who are pulled into an unwanted fight for humanity, they find themselves in some very dangerous and impossible circumstances. As they try to save America, Lana's daughter has her own fight with the enemy back home.
LETHAL CODE is a must read if you are a fan of uncontrollable suspense. I enjoyed reading Thomas Waite's novel and can't wait to see what he has lined up with the future cyber-thrillers he has promised with this new series.
Americaβs worst nightmare has come true: a βcyberβPearl
Harborβ attack by unknown terrorists has crippled the
nationβs power gridβand brought the land of the free to
its
knees. As widespread panic and violence ravage the
country,
its ruthless captors issue their ultimatumsβ¦and vow an
apocalyptic reckoning.
A defenseless nation scrambles to fight an invisible
invasion. Chief among Americaβs last line of defense is
Lana
Elkins, head of a major cyber-security companyβand former
top NSA operativeβwho returns to her roots to spearhead
the
Agencyβs frantic efforts to combat the enemyβs onslaught
on
its own terms. While she and her superiors take action to
infiltrate a terrorist hotbed overseas, much closer to
home
ruthless jihadists with a nuclear bomb hijack a busload of
schoolchildrenβincluding Lanaβs daughterβand race toward a
rendezvous with Armageddon in Americaβs greatest city.
With Lethal Code, Thomas Waite raises the international
techno-thriller to dangerously exciting levelsβintroducing
a
valiant new action heroine, and initiating a series that
brings a harrowing new edge of realism to sensational
speculative fiction.
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