KILL SWITCH
Book ID/图书代码： 03540015B86473
English Summary/英文概要： The world is under devastating cyber attack. A secretive terror outfit, known as Zodiac, are preparing to unleash chaos. The options for Zodiac’s data hackers are endless. No infrastructure is safe.
At any moment they could bring down California’s telecom system; remote detonate explosives at an army base in Virginia; cause Amtrak’s signals to fail; collapse air traffic control in US airspace.
Knowing where they will strike is half the battle. The only thing certain is their intent to create a devastating global catastrophe within 36 hours. And once the attacks begin the consequences are unthinkable.
The US President has the power to enact the Internet Freedom Act — the ‘Kill Switch’. Turning off the Net will stop the attacks. But it’s not that simple. The US will plummet into pandemonium if electronic communications cease. The rest of the world will follow.
One man, ex-CIA operative Jed Walker, has 36 hours to stop the terrorists. But for Jed, Zodiac isn’t the only thing he has to worry about. Just when he needs to focus on protecting the future, a woman from the past is about to get in his way.
No matter which way he turns, he has tough choices to make. not everyone will get out alive. For Walker the countdown starts now . . .
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 世界正面临毁灭性的网络攻击。一个被称为十二生肖的神秘恐怖组织正准备引发混乱。十二生肖组织的数据黑客有无数的选择，没有什么基础设施还是安全的。他们可以在任何时候摧毁加州的电信系统，远程遥控弗吉尼亚州军事基地的爆炸物，造成美国铁路的信号失效，或是让美国的空中交通管制陷入瘫痪。没有人知道他们会出现在哪里，唯一确定的是他们想在36小时内制造毁灭性的全球灾难。一旦攻击开始，后果不堪设想。
美国总统有权让互联网自由法案生肖，也就是启动“生死开关”，将网络关闭，攻击自然也就停止了。但是这并不简单。如果电子通讯终止，美国将会陷入万劫不复之中，而且世界的其他国家也将面临困境。
只有一个人，前中情局特工Jed Walker有能力在36小时之内让恐怖分子停手。但对于Jed而言，十二生肖组织并不是他唯一担心的事情。就在他需要去保护未来的时候，一个来自他的过去的女人正要出现在他面前。无论最终使用哪种方式，他都必须做出艰难的抉择。不是每个人都能活着出去，对Walker来说，倒计时开始了。(LYR)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 二十八岁的小说家James Phelan持有写作的硕士学位并正在攻读博士学位。他此前在一家大报工作了五年，随后离职专门从事小说创作。现在，他的生活重心在于创作一个名叫Lachlan Fox的调查记者。他住在墨尔本，很愿意和别人探讨为什么现在人气通俗小说作家为什么突然变成了潮流人物。James创作了几部以成人为对象的恐怖小说，还著有写给年轻人的《Alone》三部曲。
28 year-old novelist James Phelan holds an MA in Writing and is undertaking his PhD. He worked for a broadsheet newspaper for five years before retiring to write fiction full-time.
He now lives his working life through his investigative journalist character Lachlan Fox. He lives in Melbourne and is happy to argue the case of why popular fiction authors are the new black.
James is the author of several adult thrillers as well as the writer of the Alone trilogy for young adults.
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