Hacking Timbuktu

Davies, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0547390165 / ISBN 13: 9780547390161

Edité par Clarion Books, 2010

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Hacking Timbuktu
• Éditeur: Clarion Books
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0547390165
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780547390161
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: Includes dust jacket.

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Synopsis

Danny is a freelance IT specialist—that is, a hacker. He and his pal Omar are both skilled at parkour, or freerunning, a discipline designed to enable practitioners to travel between any two points regardless of obstacles. This is fortunate, because they're off on an adventure that's filled with obstacles, from locked doors to gangs of hostile pursuers. Together they follow a cryptic clue, find a missing map, figure out how to get to Timbuktu without buying a plane ticket, and join the life-and-death treasure hunt, exchanging wisecracks and solving the puzzle one step at a time.An exotic setting and gripping suspense, as well as an absorbing introduction to parkour, make this thriller a genuine page-turner.

Quatrième de couverture

Hacker (n): One who breaks into secure computer systems for fun

Traceur (n): One who practices the art of escape by running, jumping
and vaulting.

Long ago in the ancient city of Timbuktu a student pulled off the most
daring heist in African history, the theft of 100 million pounds worth
of gold. Now a cryptic map has been discovered.

Danny Temple is a good traceur and a very good hacker. But when he
finds himself pursued by a bizarre Facebook group calling itself 'The
Knights of Akonio Dolo', both of these skills are tested to the limit.
From the streets of London to the sands of Timbuktu, this high-tech
goldrush does not let up for a moment.