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2012 USA Best Book Awards Finalist
Eric Hoffer Award Finalist
Montaigne Medal Finalist
Privacy Wars: A Cybertech Thriller
The 21st Century sees
a return of the totalitarian horrors that once caused genocide
and World War. Big Brother is ascendant, aided by technology.
Everyone is watched. Liberty has been traded for safety and both
are lost. Personal privacy has been stolen and must be
recovered.
Young scientist WILLIAM GILES
fights for freedom. He and his dad, IRON JOHN, a retired Special Ops
Colonel, establish Cybertech. It sells security protection for private
citizens.
When John is abducted and
presumed dead, Cybertech is attacked from all sides. Will stands alone,
tortured by remorse and falsely accused. With all he loves at risk, he
runs for safety, fleeing wrongful charges, and relentlessly pursued by
UN paramilitary forces.
A former student REBECCA RIDER is
sent to get him to shelter. She rescues him in the high mountains. Their
main allies are the Yakuza and
her friends, an ancient cult that possesses advanced science. Both
groups seek Cybertech’s technology. How can either be trusted?
Can Will find redemption? Can he
and Becky save Cybertech and prevent his technology from being stolen?
Can liberty survive? That’s the story, a Hero’s Journey framed against a
background of exotic locations, edgy science, societal challenges, and
Global Governance.
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