Bypassing all safeguards, terrorists enter Fort Stephens and detonate a truck full of powerful explosives. Within hours, other bases are hit, and the Army calls in Net Force to help. But they are countered at every move by a cunning opponent who thinks just like their own.
The eighth novel in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling Net Force series. Though the head of a major multinational corporation—and a key player in world affairs—Samuel Walker Cox has a past that few people know about. But that group is about to get bigger. A computer disk has fallen into the hands of the Net Force, outing the powerful American businessman as a former Russian spy. Cox is willing to see the world in ruins to protect his name. Lucky for the United States that Net Force is on the job—and is about to prove that no man is above the law.
When a top-secret Pentagon wargame is shut down by a computer hacker, the Net Force tracks the computer invasion to General Wu of the People's Liberation Army of China, who is plotting to destroy the Internet in his battle against the West.
From the bestselling creators of Op-Centre come a different kind of law enforcement. Tom Clancy's Net Force. In the year 2010, computers are the new superpowers. Those who control them control the world. To enforce the Net Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBI- Net Force. Minor viruses are eating away at the Net Force computers. The e-mail shutdowns and flickering monitors are hardly emergencies . . .but they've been keeping the tech department hopping. Same with the sudden rash of time-consuming lawsuits. No one in Net Force has a moment to spare, which is exactly the way Mitchell Townsend Ames wants it. Because when the shadowy mastermind launches his master plan, he wants Net Force to be looking the other way . . .
In the tradition of the hit television show "The X-Files" comes a fascinating collection of original stories by the premier writers of the genre. Standout authors like Jody Lynn Nye, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Jack Haldeman explore this fascinating subject from every possible angle, including the arrival of aliens on Earth, the possibility that they have long been living among us, and more.
In 2010, computers have become the new superpowers, with their controllers holding world dominance. The Net Force faces the ongoing challenge of identifying and thwarting power-hungry enemies.
Je rok 2010 a vše kolem nás řídí počítače. Ti, kdo mají moc nad nimi, mají moc nad celým světem. Kongres Spojených států tedy ve snaze zajistit dohled nad dodržováním zákona o internetu zřídil nejmocnější počítačovou bezpečnostní agenturu světa spadající pod FBI: Net Force. Ačkoli je Samuel Walker Cox šéfem velké nadnárodní společnosti – a klíčovým aktérem mezinárodních vztahů – o jeho minulosti ví jen velmi málo lidí. Tato skupina se nicméně brzy rozroste. Do rukou Net Force se totiž dostává počítačový disk, kde je tento mocný americký obchodník popisován jako bývalý ruský špion. Cox neváhá zničit celý svět, jen aby ochránil své jméno. Spojené státy mají velké štěstí, že se do akce zapojila právě Net Force – ta totiž neváhá dokázat, že nikdo neznamená víc než zákon...
