Interrupt

by Toni Dwiggins

In Silicon Valley, profoundly deaf 12 year old Wayne Faulkner tries to call 911 when an intruder stuns his father in the back yard -- & 40,000 phones suddenly go dead. Wayne s father, Andy, can t figure out what happened, & he ought to see it at he s a telecom engineer, after all. But the terrorist Interrupt is clever, & Interrupt doesn t mind murder. Andy, soon a prime suspect, must identify Interrupt before the next killing -- for Interrupt has taken Wayne. But Interrupt may be anybody, even the beautiful lineworker, Nell Colson. Anybody at all. Fast-paced, suspenseful; read Interrupt & you ll never again take your telephone for granted.

Genres: Fiction

317 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1993

Reviews

[Judy]

This book was not awful, but did not pass the test for keeping me interested, so I'm setting it down (actually setting it free to find a new home) and will start reading something else. I'm not going to rate it since I don't think it is really a bad book, just a bit outdated, and not capturing my attention.

[Sean Randall · Rating 3 out of 5]

This had a great hayday of science fiction feel to it – almost a punchcard, computer era thing going on, despite terms like broadband. The disability aspect was interesting, though in fact the minicom equipment didn’t actually impact the story any which was a bit of a shame. Still, interesting for its technology more than its psychology, but interesting nevertheless.