dlwchico's review
3.0
Young lady gets asked to deliver a passport to a friend of a friend in some outback part of India. Gets stopped by some dudes in uniforms who search her pack and plant a bag of weed and then put her in a cell. Soon after that a guy gets thrown in with her (after being beaten outside her cell). He’s a macho ex-French Foreign Legion dude and together they break out and make their escape. And then things really get going.
A pretty good high tech thriller with lots of hacker stuff and terrorists and super rich dudes. I liked it. I’ll keep an eye out for more from Jon Evans.
A pretty good high tech thriller with lots of hacker stuff and terrorists and super rich dudes. I liked it. I’ll keep an eye out for more from Jon Evans.
canadianbookworm's review
4.0
This book was recommended to me over a year ago and I finally got around to reading it. It was a great read, and despite being long (almost 500 pages) I easily finished it in one day. Despite being written by a Canadian, none of the action takes place here. Ranging from India, to Paris, to London, to the United States, the action keeps this book moving.
Danielle Leaf is the main character and has spent her life trying to figure out who she wants to be. Most recently, she has been in India, first working for a tech firm and then working towards a certificate as a yoga instructor. Doing a favor for a friend, by bringing a passport to a young Indian woman in a remote part of the country, she gets caught up in something huge. Waylayed by official looking men, she has her passport and other possessions taken from her and is locked up in a small building. As she escapes, with the help of another prisoner, she begins to work with others to figure out what is behind the intrigue.
Never quite sure who to trust, or who to believe, Danielle is also not sure whether she wants to continue down this path. Reunited with the friend she did the favor for, she enters the world of computer hackers and discovers new possibilities. Action-packed, working toward a higher purpose, the book is a good read and kept me entertained.
Danielle Leaf is the main character and has spent her life trying to figure out who she wants to be. Most recently, she has been in India, first working for a tech firm and then working towards a certificate as a yoga instructor. Doing a favor for a friend, by bringing a passport to a young Indian woman in a remote part of the country, she gets caught up in something huge. Waylayed by official looking men, she has her passport and other possessions taken from her and is locked up in a small building. As she escapes, with the help of another prisoner, she begins to work with others to figure out what is behind the intrigue.
Never quite sure who to trust, or who to believe, Danielle is also not sure whether she wants to continue down this path. Reunited with the friend she did the favor for, she enters the world of computer hackers and discovers new possibilities. Action-packed, working toward a higher purpose, the book is a good read and kept me entertained.
crimsoncor's review
5.0
Even after ten years, this book holds up pretty well. Yeah, some of the technology references are a bit dated (people using hiptops instead of our now ubiquitous cell phones), but it still a really solid infosec thriller and the use of botnets and zero-day exploits feel just as relevant a decade later.
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