Virus Bomb: A Novel
by Greg ScottPublish: May 14, 2019ThrillerBook Overview
What would happen if a nation-state really did launch a serious cyberattack against the United States, perhaps as part of something larger?Jerry Barkley is a Minnesota IT contractor just trying to earn a living for his family, and he’s about to find out. He’s no superhero. He never worked for the government. He wasn’t president of anything in school. He knows nothing about International espionage. And, so nobody believes his warnings when he uncovers the largest cyberattack in history. Somebody is gathering data to plan a series of bombings and a biological attack and trying to pin blame on a terrorist group. And the FBI thinks Jerry is part of it.
Hundreds are already dead. Thousands more could die, first from Ebola and then potentially from war with the wrong enemy. If he doesn’t act, who will? Up against willful ignorance, a hostile law-enforcement bureaucracy, and armed with nothing but IT skills and quick wits, Jerry must leave his keyboard comfort zone and go face-to-face with elite foreign agents and shut this attack down.
Maybe Jerry Barkley is a superhero after all. Because real superheroes are ordinary people who step up when called. Even when they don’t want to.
