Zero Day: A Jeff Aiken Novel

· Macmillan
4.0
72 reviews
Ebook
336
Pages

About this ebook

An airliner's controls abruptly fail mid-flight over the Atlantic. An oil tanker runs aground in Japan when its navigational system suddenly stops dead. Hospitals everywhere have to abandon their computer databases when patients die after being administered incorrect dosages of their medicine. In the Midwest, a nuclear power plant nearly becomes the next Chernobyl when its cooling systems malfunction.

At first, these random computer failures seem like unrelated events. But Jeff Aiken, a former government analyst who quit in disgust after witnessing the gross errors that led up to 9/11, thinks otherwise. Jeff fears a more serious attack targeting the United States computer infrastructure is already under way. And as other menacing computer malfunctions pop up around the world, some with deadly results, he realizes that there isn't much time if he hopes to prevent an international catastrophe.

Written by a global authority on cyber security, Zero Day presents a chilling "what if" scenario that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is more than possible today---it's a cataclysmic disaster just waiting to happen.

Ratings and reviews

4.0
72 reviews
A Google user
June 23, 2011
I almost gave it one star due to the sex scenes. They were gratuitous and at least two of them too graphic. I was disappointed as I wanted to be able to recommend the book which covers the serious topic of computer attacks and how it can effect businesses, lives and even national security. By the way, there is an odd mistake on page 264 of the hardback edition. The name "Sue" is listed in place of "Daryl." Sue had died many chapters before.
Mark Fleming
May 8, 2014
The story tell style is a lot like World War Z. Jumping from different character points of view. I was a little off putting to be ripped away from characters you actually like so quickly. But the story as a whole made up for it. I must warn that the depiction of Muslims as a group of people laying in wait to help each other plan the downfall of life in the west was a bit disappointing. Would have been nice to see an Islamic counter balance to the main villains.
A Google user
January 16, 2012
A real page turner. It is quite easy to imagine how the story in this novel could unfold in real life, seeing the reliance of the internet and computers in so many aspects of our lives.The storey held my interest throughout. Great job, Mark.
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About the author

MARK RUSSINOVICH works at Microsoft as a Technical Fellow, Microsoft's senior-most technical position. He joined the company when Microsoft acquired Winternals software, which he confounded in 1996. He is also author of the popular Sysinternals tools. He is coauthor of the Windows Internals book series, a contributing editor for Tech Net Magazine, and a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine. He lives in Washington State.

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