The New York Times bestselling series Net Force Created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik is back with a tense, real-world cyberterrorism challenge that threatens global chaos.
The year is 2018, but some things haven't changed: personal liberties are eroding across the world, countries are taking up arms against their neighbors, and the United States remains the leader of the Free World.
Prince Sami Mustafa of Birhan is not a bad man. Educated in the West, he maintains close ties with the US. But Birhan's economic and political instability threaten his rule, and he fears he will soon be deposed like other rulers throughout his region. If the US sides with the rebels, he has no hope of surviving.
Unknown to Mustafa, there are sinister forces at work within his own government that will soon compel America to align against him. When a nerve gas attack massacres his ethnic opposition, the prince is horrified but ultimately held accountable. The US immediately threatens sanctions and military action.
The man secretly responsible for launching for the gas attack--a traitorous official within Mustafa's government--has other plans. He does the unthinkable and hires the services of master hacker Drajan Petrovik, one of a new crop of cyber-criminals known as technology vampires. Petrovik is a genius and a man without fear.
Petrovik knows that America can't be defeated--but it can be distracted. And he's got the plan and the tools to do it. He'll start by bringing this conflict home to US soil. If everything goes right, he'll end up not only buying time for the country of Birhan, but getting obscenely rich, too.
The only people standing between Petrovik and his destructive goals are a select group forming the nucleus of Net Force. Though still untested, the newly assembled Net Force team must simultaneously engage the cyber-terrorists abroad and fend off a crippling attack in America's largest city. Failure will mean global catastrophe. Success may lead Net Force to the highest level of the United States government.
ABOUT THE WRITER
Jerome Preisler is the New York Times bestselling author of over thirty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the long running Tom Clancy's Power Plays series, all of which debuted on the bestseller list. His military nonfiction includes All Hands Down: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion (Simon and Schuster 2008) and Code Name Caesar: The Secret Hunt for U-Boat 864 during World War Two (Berkley/Caliber 2012). His recent Daniel's Music, One Family's Journey from Tragedy to Empowerment through Faith, Medicine and The Healing Power of Music (Skyhorse 2013), was praised by Kirkus Reviews as "A riveting chronicle of stunning achievement against the odds." Jerome has also authored numerous media tie-ins including the bestselling CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series. From 2005-2011 his baseball column, Yankees Ink, was one of YESNetwork.com's most popular features. Jerome's groundbreaking use of social media for behind-the-scenes interviews has become a mainstay of sports coverage.
ABOUT THE NET FORCE SERIES
In 1999, the first of 10 Tom Clancy's Net Force books appeared, beginning a succession of international blockbusters consistently holding spots on the national bestseller lists. For the first 10 books, the setting was 2010. John Howard, Julio Fernandez, and others had to outwit hackers, computer geniuses, and the very wealthy who threatened the security of the United States. The series accurately predicted such future developments as smart phones and cyber-terrorism.
Now the Net Force team is back, facing challenges of a new and even more dangerous future. As before, it is the ultimate ride for thriller fans.
ABOUT THE SERIES CREATORS
Tom Clancy wrote 16 #1 New York Times bestselling novels. Dr. Steve Pieczenik is a critically acclaimed author of psycho-political thrillers and the co-creator of the New York Times bestselling Tom Clancy's Op-Center series.
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