The Zenith Angle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780345468659)

"Gleeful, shrewd, speculative, cynical, closely observed . . . The Zenith Angle offers wisdom and solace, thrills and laughter."--The Washington Post

"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 Pattern Recognition

Pioneering 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.

"Great fun . . . A cyberthriller of 21st-century technologies that] peeps wittily behind the national security scenes of a modern superpower."--New Scientist

"A comedic thriller for the homeland security era."--Entertainment Weekly

Author: Bruce Sterling
ISBN-10: 0345468651
ISBN-13: 9780345468659
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Language: English
Published: 04/26/2005
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 6.94h x 4.28w x 0.97d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 85319 / Zenith Angle


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Paperback Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 21