{"product_id":"the-zenith-angle-9780345468659","title":"The Zenith Angle","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Gleeful, shrewd, speculative, cynical, closely observed . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Zenith Angle\u003c\/i\u003e offers wisdom and solace, thrills and laughter.\"--T\u003ci\u003ehe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003ePattern Recognition\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePioneering 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Great fun . . . A cyberthriller of 21st-century technologies  that] peeps wittily behind the national security scenes of a modern superpower.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A comedic thriller for the homeland security era.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Del Rey Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345468659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.94h x 4.28w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Paperback Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e85319 \/ Zenith Angle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.4 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 15\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bruce Sterling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43896685428917,"sku":"9780345468659","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3142ef83-7a4e-4b56-85d1-f6f070fba5ef.jpg?v=1712631595","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-zenith-angle-9780345468659","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}