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The Blue Nowhere (2001)
When a sadistic hacker, code-named Phate, sets his sights on Silicon Valley, his victims never know what hit them. He infiltrates their computers, invades their lives, and lures
them to their deaths. To Phate, each murder is like a big, challenging computer hack: every time he succeeds, he must challenge himself anew by taking his methodology to a higher level, and aiming at
bigger targets.
Desperate, the head of The California State Police Computer Crimes Division frees Wyatt Gillette, imprisoned for hacking, to aid the investigation against the loud protests of
the rest of the division. With an obsession emblematic of hackers, Gillette fervently attempts to trace Phate's insidious computer virus back to its source. Then Phate delivers a huge blow, murdering one
of the division's own a "wizard" who had pioneered the Internet and the search takes on a zealous intensity.
Gillette and Detective Frank Bishop an old-school homicide cop who's
accustomed to forensic sleuthing make an uneasy team. But with a merciless and brilliant killer like Phate in their cross hairs, and his twisted game reaching a fever pitch, they must utilize every
ounce of their disparate talents to stop him.
Reviews:
"This novel is, in hacker lingo, "totally moby," the most exciting, and most vivid, fiction yet about the neverland
hackers call "the blue nowhere." Publishers Weekly
"Bestselling author Jeffery Deaver ratchets up the suspense one line of code at a time; his terrific pacing drives the narrative to
a thrilling and explosive conclusion." Amazon.com
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