Borrow it
Coverart for item
The Resource A damned serious business, Gerald Seymour

A damned serious business, Gerald Seymour

Creator
Author
Summary
A new cold war is raging and its frontline warriors are Russian hackers--gang-members working freelance for the FSB, successor to the KGB. Massive thefts of personal information, electoral interference, catastrophic disruption with banks, airlines, even whole countries disabled--this is happening now. Nicknamed 'Boot' because of his obsession with the Duke of Wellington, Edwin Coker is a case officer of MI6. When a young hacker falls into his hands and reveals details of a secret meeting, Boot conceives a daring plan to strike back--not with a computer virus of his own, but with a bomb that will seriously damage the Russian operation, spreading fear and distrust. Now Boot and his little team need a 'deniable' handler to deliver the explosives across the border from Estonia into Russia and bring the hacker back out. They turn to Merc, an ex-soldier who knows how to get out of a tight spot. They hope. From the moment Merc sets out to cross the River Narva things do not go to plan and when the hacker's sister becomes involved, his mission turns from tough to almost impossible. The scene is set for a classic story of pursuit and evasion and an epic battle for survival
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
468 pages
Isbn
9781473663497
Instance
Label
A damned serious business
Title
A damned serious business
Statement of responsibility
Gerald Seymour
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A new cold war is raging and its frontline warriors are Russian hackers--gang-members working freelance for the FSB, successor to the KGB. Massive thefts of personal information, electoral interference, catastrophic disruption with banks, airlines, even whole countries disabled--this is happening now. Nicknamed 'Boot' because of his obsession with the Duke of Wellington, Edwin Coker is a case officer of MI6. When a young hacker falls into his hands and reveals details of a secret meeting, Boot conceives a daring plan to strike back--not with a computer virus of his own, but with a bomb that will seriously damage the Russian operation, spreading fear and distrust. Now Boot and his little team need a 'deniable' handler to deliver the explosives across the border from Estonia into Russia and bring the hacker back out. They turn to Merc, an ex-soldier who knows how to get out of a tight spot. They hope. From the moment Merc sets out to cross the River Narva things do not go to plan and when the hacker's sister becomes involved, his mission turns from tough to almost impossible. The scene is set for a classic story of pursuit and evasion and an epic battle for survival
Cataloging source
AU@
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Seymour, Gerald
Dewey number
823.92
Index
no index present
Literary form
novels
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Great Britain
  • Hackers
  • Intelligence service
  • Veterans
  • Bombs
  • Survival
  • Narva (Estonia)
  • Russia (Federation)
Target audience
adult
Label
A damned serious business, Gerald Seymour
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
468 pages
Isbn
9781473663497
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • on1018480246
  • (OCoLC)1018480246
Label
A damned serious business, Gerald Seymour
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
468 pages
Isbn
9781473663497
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
  • on1018480246
  • (OCoLC)1018480246

Subject

Genre

Library Locations

    • Vancouver Public Library - Central Branch Borrow it
      350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 6B1, CA
      49.280188 -123.114755
    • Joe Fortes Branch Vancouver Public LibraryBorrow it
      870 Denman Street, Vancouver, BC, V6G 2L8, CA
      49.290355 -123.136769
    • Kitsilano Branch Vancouver Public LibraryBorrow it
      2425 Macdonald St., Vancouver, BC, V6K 3Y9, CA
      49.26468 -123.168549
    • Mount Pleasant Branch Vancouver Public LibraryBorrow it
      1 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC, V5T 3H7, CA
      49.264409 -123.100808
    • West Point Grey Branch Vancouver Public LibraryBorrow it
      4480 West 10th Ave., Vancouver, BC, V6R 2H9, CA
      49.26369 -123.208342

Library Links

Structured data from the Bibframe namespace is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Vancouver Public Library. Additional terms may apply to data associated with third party namespaces.
Processing Feedback ...