Nothing compared to...
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This is poor imitation of Neal Stephenson and Melissa Scott. I kept reading plot developments and characteristics straight out of Snow Crash and Trouble and Her Friends. That said, I did finish the book, so it did keep me interested that long. Basic plotting and shallow characters didn't make it that memorable, however. Read the real stuff instead.
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Gripping, realistic story. A must read.
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As a computer professional of 30 years, I can tell you that the threats portrayed in this book are real. Gresh and Weinberg do an excellent job of gripping the reader and keeping the action moving. Once I started, I couldn't put it down. This book should be required reading for all business leaders. It is a clarion call to alert people to the real threat of the 21st century. Its not Y2K but the increasingly vulnerable state of business and the world economy due to their reliance on the electronic commerce. In the end, hackers rule! If you like a good thriller or if you have anything to do with business, you should buy this book and read it today!
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Cyber-thriller works, barely
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This is a better than average cyber-thriller. But with a little more emphasis on character and less on the dazzel of the hacker, it would have been much better. Judy, the heroine was beliveable at first, but without the touch of humanness she gets lost in the gigs, megs a notepad (netpad) that has a battery supply that never needs a charge. Fairly entertaining but shallow characters keeps it from being first rate.
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Scary; very believable thriller.
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Though I use the internet mainly for e-mail and research, I found The Termination Node to be one of the most believable and frightening thrillers I've read in a long time. As a librarian, I read plenty of novels so that I know what to recommend to my patrons. This book is going to be right at the top of my list for people looking for an entertaining fast read that combines high-tech thrills with non-stop action. I especially liked the fact that all of the characters were believable and not overdone cliches. None of them were perfect, and Judy, the heroine, evolves and changes througout the story. The computer material was explained well and seemed very real. It really made me wonder if the story could happen right now. Another thing I liked about this book is that while it is aimed at adults, it is not filled with a lot of graphic sex and violence. It is suitable for older teens, who would probably really enjoy the computer material and the hacker details. This is a book that every library should carry. I know ours will.
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This is about tomorrow's network horror story
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Termination Node sets the record straight..... Finally after all these years of books and movies about 14 children who crack into the defense establishment, or fight teenage biker hacker games, former CIA spooks or innocent and beautiful young clerics who are stripped of their identity and must run from beach to bar to bedroom in order to escape the bad guys.....is a book that has some real world in it. You can tell this was written by someone from the networking and computer businesses. It's techie stuff is just a little ahead of where we are, but believably so. The characters act the way analysts with real systems experience would act in surprising and unpredictable circumstances. Facts, logic, and experimentation. The hackers are real people with a subculture and behaviors all there own. Their main kick in life is to do something remarkable with code. To write the code to build something, or write code to break something apart for examination. Judy Carmody is of this subculture and sells her expertise into legitimate consulting projects to plug security leaks. Her background is from hard work, and the reputation earned, not stumbled over the way the typical fake prodigy does. These are not nerd-like super heroes, these are real people whose life aspirations are basically the same as most of us. Except they approach reality from the perspective of the bleeding edge of what is the latest happening in code. Termination Node is real. It is not about what could happen. It is about what is happening every day in one form or another. It is what we don't know that we should fear. Sure, what do we have to lose on the Internet? The most that net criminals can hit us up for is the $50 deductible from our credit card....right? Wrong, they could rob the institutions we depend on blind, bring the infrastructure and systems that support them to their knees, and incidentally, make day-to-day activities around the use on money impossible and out of our control. This is not another net story. It is about real good guys and real bad guys who are out there every day, doing just what Lois is telling us about.
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