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Gateway to chaos volume 2
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While a cyber-attack crippled half the nation's power grid, enemies of the United States launched a super EMP over the midwest sending the nation back to the stone age. Deep into the coldest midwest winter on record, the nation is plunged into frigid darkness. With emergency services crippled by the lack of transportation and streets snarled with stalled cars, a spark ignites and the city of St. Louis is engulfed in flames. Chaos grips the city as...
2) The sentinel
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Jack Reacher novels volume 25
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"It is close to midnight on a Saturday night when Jack Reacher gets off a bus at the Greyhound station in Nashville. Reacher is in no hurry. He has no appointments to keep. No people to see. No scores to settle. Not yet anyway. But in the early morning hours, under particular circumstances, a familiar thought will be snaking through his sharp, instinctual lizard brain: A voice in his head telling him to walk away. Of course, this wouldn't be the first...
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Mortality doctrine volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
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The VirtNet has become a world of deadly consequences, and Kaine grows stronger by the day. If Kaine succeeds, it will mean worldwide cyber domination. And it looks like Michael and his friends are the only ones who can put the monster back in the box--if Michael can figure out who his friends really are.
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Mortality doctrine volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
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"Michael and his friends, Sarah and Bryson, are still being chased by a cyber-terrorist. And now the government is after them, too"--
6) The Fox
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Former chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service Adrian Weston is awoken in the middle of the night by a phone call from the prime minister. Her news is shocking: the Pentagon, the NSA, and the CIA have been hacked simultaneously, their seemingly impenetrable firewalls breached by an unknown enemy known only as "The Fox". Even more surprisingly, the culprit is revealed to be a young British teenager, Luke Jennings. He has no agenda, no secrets,...
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Camp Valor novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
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When gamer Jalen dons a pair of VR goggles and plays an online video game, he is awarded points for kills. However, Jalen doesn't know that the cyberterrorist Encyte is behind the game and the kills are real--Jalen just killed fifty-three innocent people. Wyatt Brewer of Camp Valor is assigned to investigate and find evidence against Encyte and The Glowworm Gaming Network that he fought last summer when he was betrayed by his mentor, Sargent Halsey....
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2012.
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The financial and competitive implications of cyberattacks cause many to consider them the most important threat to the future of the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation called the threat the "No. 1 concern as foreign hackers . . . penetrate American firms' computers and steal huge amounts of valuable data and intellectual property." Although difficult to quantify or identify and easy to downplay, it is fair to say that the threat is...
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Pike Logan thrillers volume 17
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Conducting a routine cover development trip to Tajikistan, Pike and Jennifer learn that Afghanistan has fallen, and there's a man on the run. One that has done more for the United States in Afghanistan than anyone else. Pulled in to extract him, Pike collides headlong into a broader mystery: His covert company, along with every other entity in the Taskforce, has been hit with a ransomware attack, and there's some connection between the Taliban and...
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William Sandberg novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
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One winter evening just before Christmas, Stockholm is plunged into a sudden, citywide blackout. Radio, internet, phone service--all cut out simultaneously, cloaking the city in darkness and silence. On the pitch-black streets, a young woman carries a message for her estranged father. It may be the key to reversing the blackout and preventing further attacks. But someone powerful is determined to stop her from delivering it...
11) Dissolution
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The Wyoming Chronicles volume 1
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[2021]
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For anthropology graduate student Sam Delgado, headed to the wilds of Wyoming, this is his last chance to save his graduate career. He and his urban classmates see this as the adventure of a lifetime: They are going to horse-pack in the wilderness to map and test a high-altitude archaeological site. Until a cyber-attack collapses the American banking system, and an already fractured nation descends into anarchy and chaos. All credit frozen, Sam and...
12) Trojan horse
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"The US military is under cyberattack. Gizmo and invisible Six must discover who is behind this attack and the culprits' aim. But the mysterious hackers seem one step ahead of I-6 at every turn." -- Adapted from back cover.
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Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months. Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. Devices we rely on have gone dark. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and law and order are being tested as never before. It isn't just a scenario. A well-designed attack...
14) Alert
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New Yorkers aren't easily intimidated, but someone is doing the9ir best to scare them, badly. Why? After two crippling high-tech attacks, the entire city is on edge. Detective Michael Bennett, along with his old pal, the FBI's Emily Parker, has to catch the shadowy criminals who claim responsibility -- but they're as good at concealing their identities as they are at wreaking havoc. When a shocking murder in broad daylight points to killers both...
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2018.
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Three initiatives integrate cyber security resources to protect Colorado elections: 1) Securing the statewide voter registration system; 2) Securing overseas and military ballot return with encryption; 3) Colorado threat information sharing and joint fusion center. These initiatives make Colorado one of the safest states to cast a ballot resulting in one of the highest voter turnout.
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The head of the U.S. National Underwater and Marine Agency’s (NUMA) Special Assignments Team unravels a new mystery in the dangers above and below the sea in the latest addition to the long-running series following Fast Ice.
A freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. While searching for a lost treasure that once belonged to the famous Chinese pirate queen, Ching Shih, Kurt Austin and Joe...
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Jack Reacher novels volume 25
Pub. Date
[2020].
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"It is close to midnight on a Saturday night when Jack Reacher gets off a bus at the Greyhound station in Nashville. Reacher is in no hurry. He has no appointments to keep. No people to see. No scores to settle. Not yet anyway. But in the early morning hours, under particular circumstances, a familiar thought will be snaking through his sharp, instinctual lizard brain: A voice in his head telling him to walk away. Of course, this wouldn't be the first...
19) Price of Duty
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 21
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In a top-secret location deep in the Ural Mountains, Russian President Gennadiy Gryzlov has built his nations most dangerous weapon since the atomic bomb-a fearsome tool to gain superiority in Russias long-running battle with the West. From inside Perun Aerie-an intricate network of underground tunnels and chambers that is the heart of the Russian cyber warfare program-he is launching a carefully plotted series of attacks on an unsuspecting U.S. and...
20) MindWar: a novel
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MindWar trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11
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"Rick Dial has the potential to be a hero. He just doesn't know it yet. Rick's high school football team couldn't be stopped when he was leading them as their quarterback. He was going to Syracuse on a scholarship. But then his dad abandoned them and a terrible accident left him crippled. Certain his old life is completely lost, Rick spends months hiding away in his room playing video games. He achieves the highest scores on so many games that he'sapproached...