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The silicon chip, the soul of todays machines, governs every aspect of our modern society. Dominance in semiconductors equates dominance in the new millennium. But, something has gone wrong. A terrible railway accident in Florida, leaving dozens dead, and countless more injured is traced to faulty computer chips. One woman figures out that the faulty chips werent due to negligence, but to sabatoge. Erika Conklin was forced to work for the FBI due to her hacking abilities. Enlisting the seasoned abilities of FBI Agent Brent McClaine, they launch an investigation that spans two continents. From Silicon Valley to the ruthless Far East markets, Erika and Brent must combine their computer and field talents before the next shutdown.
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Erika Conklin can hack her way into any computer--a talent that has turned her into an indentured servant for the FBI. The agency caught her making an illegal entry into classified government files and offered her a Hobson's choice: go to prison for a long time or go to work for them. She's sleepwalking through her long, boring days, fantasizing about the lucrative jobs that might have been hers in Redmond or Silicon Valley. Suddenly a series of high-tech failures, ranging from a bloody railway accident in Florida to an industrial disaster in Texas, kills hundreds of people. Almost as disturbing, inexplicable computer shutdowns threaten America's dominance in the semiconductor industry.
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Analyzing the computer failures, Erika realizes that sabotage is causing the technology meltdown. She traces the campaign of terror to the Japanese government's effort to destroy public confidence in American-made chips and thereby win the race for economic hegemony in the new millennium. From tracking down computer viruses to accompanying special agent Brent McClaine and his team on a high-risk mission to bring the perpetrators to justice, Conklin is a sassy, savvy heroine whose unique talents are all that stand between the successful future of American technology and a shutdown. R.J. Pineiro, a computer engineer, made a good run at the bestseller lists with two previous millennium thrillers (01-01-00, Y2K). This time, in Shutdown, his writing is more assured, his characters more fully explicated, and his pacing tighter. - -Jane Adams
R. J. Pineiro is a computer engineer working on leading-edge microprocessors at Advanced Micro Devices. He is the author of Retribution, Ultimatum, Conspiracy.Com, and Firewall. Pineiro lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Lory Anne and his son, Cameron.
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- PublisherForge Books
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0312869096
- ISBN 13 9780312869090
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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