false 343995 30 In this 21st century version of the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," two computer wizards engage in the kind of high-tech combat that only a hacker could love. Wyatt Gillette, a cybergenius who's never used his phenomenal talent for evil, is sitting in a California jail doing time for a few harmless computer capers when he gets a temporary reprieve--a chance to help the Computer Crimes Unit of the state police nail a cracker (a criminally inclined hacker) called Phate who's using his ingenious program, Trapdoor, to lure innocent victims to their death by infiltrating their computers. Gillette and Phate were once the kings of cyberspace--the Blue Nowhere of the title--but Phate has gone way past the mischievous electronic pranks they once pulled and crossed over to the dark side. While Trapdoor can hack its way into any computer, it's Phate's skill at "social engineering" as well as his remarkable coding ability that makes him such a menace to society. As Wyatt explains to the policeman who springs him from prison so that he can find and stop Phate before he kills again, "It means conning somebody, pretending you're someone you're not. Hackers do it to get access to data bases and phone lines and pass codes. The more facts about somebody you can feed back to them, the more they believe you and the more they'll do what you want them to."<p> Bestselling author Jeffery Deaver (<I>The Empty Chair</I>, <I>The Devil's Teardrop</I>) ratchets up the suspense one line of code at a time; his terrific pacing drives the narrative to a thrilling and explosive conclusion. This thriller is bound to induce paranoia in anyone who still believes he can hide his deepest secrets from anyone with the means, motive, and modem to ferret them out. <I>--Jane Adams</I> 2895476 book 2001 The Blue Nowhere total:1054|5:286|4:400|3:298|2:55|1:15| 1054 4049 1342 106 5 0 false false Thu Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Dec 08 02:07:47 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 02:07:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 27 20:13:53 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 20:14:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 14:41:28 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 15:37:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 16:18:57 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 16:22:38 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 15:11:32 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 15:14:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 09:59:15 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 20:03:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Nov 15 14:19:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 14:19:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 07 12:03:13 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 07 12:03:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 08:10:24 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 11:39:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 14 10:51:30 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 10:57:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 20 05:52:02 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 05:58:09 -0700 2009 3 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 09:02:33 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 09:18:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Jan 07 16:14:40 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 16:14:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 23:14:14 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 23:24:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 06:40:40 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 19:03:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 31 13:32:39 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 19:21:19 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 07:01:17 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 07:11:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jul 10 20:04:46 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 20:04:46 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Aug 06 06:28:28 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 30 16:08:20 -0700 2008
This is one of those books I picked up a few years ago at a Friends of the Library booksale. Since I bought 2 boxes of books unseen, I am always pleased when one is from a known author.

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