The Zenith Angle

"Gleeful, shrewd, speculative, cynical, closely observed . . . The Zenith Angle offers wisdom and solace, thrills and laughter."--The Washington Post

"Compelling and important . . . A darkly comic fable of info-war, the black budget, ber-geek idealism, and the politics of Homeland Insecurity."--William Gibson, author of Pattern Recognition

Pioneering computer wizard Derek "Van" Vandeveer has been living extra-large as a VP for a booming Internet company. But the September 11 attacks on America change everything. Recruited as the key member of an elite federal computer-security team, Van enters the labyrinthine trenches of the Washington intelligence community. His special genius is needed to debug the software glitch in America's most crucial KH-13 satellite, capable of detecting terrorist hotbeds worldwide. But the problem is much deeper. Now Van must make the unlikely leap from scientist to spy, team up with a ruthlessly resourceful ex-Special Forces commando, and root out an unknown enemy--one with access to a weapon of untold destructive power.

"Great fun . . . A cyberthriller of 21st-century technologies that] peeps wittily behind the national security scenes of a modern superpower."--New Scientist

"A comedic thriller for the homeland security era."--Entertainment Weekly

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Published: 04/26/2005
ISBN: 9780345468659
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 6.94h x 4.28w x 0.97d

Review Citations: Ingram Paperback Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 21

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 85319 / Zenith Angle
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 15