Trident Code

Начало книги

Former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel: “Defense leaders must be part of this global discussion. We must be clear-eyed about the security threats presented by climate change, and we must be proactive in addressing them.”

We ignore this report — and the former defense secretary’s warning — at our peril.

Since the writing of Lethal Code, the world has witnessed an ever-increasing number of cyberattacks aimed at governments, corporations, and individuals. While the books in my Lana Elkins series are works of fiction, most of the cyberattack vulnerabilities and cyberwar scenarios are based on facts.

Dr. Brian Ahearn pulled into his four-door garage, taking the spacious slot reserved for his Beemer between his wife’s silver Mercedes SUV and his summer car, a yellow Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet. The perks, he reminded himself, of a job well done.

He cut his headlights and moved to click the big door shut, but stopped to look in his rearview mirror at the sunset’s startling rose tint, the color of blood on a microscope slide. Years ago, in his undergraduate days at Brown, Brian had looked at many of those red splotches before deciding that pre-med wasn’t for him.

Читать дальше →