The Source Code - Couverture rigide

Thau, William A

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0595679757 ISBN 13 : 9780595679751

Editeur : iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

The Source Code is a mystery thriller about two people, unknown to each other, whose rational worlds are suddenly transformed into places of unimaginable danger and terror.

Sarah Wynter inherits $2 billion which, within hours, is stolen by computer hackers in India and the Russian mafia. John Ambrose, a Virginia lawyer, finds his identity has been stolen and used by the Cali drug cartel to traffic drugs and launder drug money. In their frantic quest to stay alive, their paths cross and they find themselves thrust into a world inhabited by forces of evil unlike those they had ever known.

Alarm bells are set off at the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the CIA, and the paths of John Ambrose and Sarah Wynter soon cross. And John Ambrose becomes the target of a world-wide manhunt.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

To their families and friends, they appeared as normal as everyday people. They were all in their late twenties, were from good families and had been educated at India’s finest technological universities. But they had become the modern-day outlaws of society. In the silent and vast area of cyberspace, they were cyberpunks and computer hackers. No one could have guessed the enormity of what they had accomplished, and no one could ever know. They had stolen a vital source code, the crown jewel of computer programs, that would give them secret access to large sums of money in American banks, money they could remove from accounts with subtle changes to complex computer systems. Calling themselves Doomsday, they made a pact with the Russian mafia to steal $10 billion from investment bank accounts without a trace and then launder the money through Russian banks. It was a pact made in hell, and hell it would bring.

One of their intended victims, Sarah Wynter, is the director of a prestigious New York art gallery. When she unexpectedly becomes the sole heir to over $2 billion upon the death of an estranged uncle, her rational world suddenly turns to one of terror. Using the stolen source code, Doomsday silently breaches the firewalls of her bank's computers and steals the money. It then gives instructions to the mafia to kill her. At the same time, in Richmond, Virginia, the identity of attorney John Ambrose is stolen by a Columbian drug cartel and used to traffic drugs and launder drug money. He suddenly finds himself alienated from his law firm and the target of a nationwide manhunt.

When the source code is also used to break into critical U.S. defense installations, warning bells are sounded at the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. In their frantic struggle to stay alive, the lives of Ambrose and Wynter intersect as they are thrust into a deadly confrontation with the Russian mafia and the Columbian drug cartel. It is a classic struggle of good versus evil, one which they must win at any cost - or face certain death.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Source Code is a mystery thriller about two people, unknown to each other, whose rational worlds are suddenly transformed into places of unimaginable danger and terror.Sarah Wynter inherits $2 billion which, within hours, is stolen by computer hackers in India and the Russian mafia. John Ambrose, a Virginia lawyer, finds his identity has been stolen and used by the Cali drug cartel to traffic drugs and launder drug money. In their frantic quest to stay alive, their paths cross and they find themselves thrust into a world inhabited by forces of evil unlike those they had ever known.Alarm bells are set off at the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the CIA, and the paths of John Ambrose and Sarah Wynter soon cross. And John Ambrose becomes the target of a world-wide manhunt.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0595679757
• ISBN 13: 9780595679751
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible