Hi-Tech Thrillers, Hard Science Fiction and Near-Future Science and Technology

This website is a place to think about the years just beyond tomorrow; a place to explore the clash of oncoming technologies with traditional social structures; a place to make judgments and predictions about the next few decades.

A radically different future is rushing toward us, one shaded with hope and danger. Many books have been written to guide us into these uncertain years, and the best are referenced in these pages. Included are near future science and technology books that focus on artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology and genetic engineering; and hi-tech thrillers and hard science fiction that examine the cumulative impact of these technologies. PeaceMaker, my first novel, is a lightning-paced speculative thriller.

Joe Massucci, Author CODE:ALPHA and The Millennium Project

"Dan Ronco combines his considerable knowledge of software with his love of writing to produce a fast-paced thriller about the threat of a highly intelligent computer virus in the hands of extremists bent on destroying the world's computing infrastructure. For computer geeks and Tom Clancy readers alike, PEACEMAKER is hard to put down. Ronco gives us a sobering glimpse of just how vulnerable we are to "intelligent" computer viruses and the unstable personalities of those who create and unleash them. This is truly chilling material."

PeaceMaker is scheduled for release by Winterwolf Publishing in the spring. Set in 2012, PeaceMaker is a crossover between the hard science fiction and thriller genres. Here's the plot: a dominant software corporation turns to the dark side and infects the Internet with PeaceMaker, a computer virus with the power to shutdown computers across the globe on the command of its master, Dianne Morgan. The only person aware of the danger is Dianne's former lover, Ray Brown, a brilliant software architect and a decent guy, but a drunk and a misfit. Since Howard Roark, Ayn Rand's hero in the Fountainhead, is weak-kneed and indecisive compared to Dianne, what chance does Ray have? Click away and learn how Ray and Dianne are dealing with this no-holds-barred conflict.

Reviewers Needed

If you are a published author, professional editor or a reviewer with an established organization and are interested in reviewing PeaceMaker, please contact me using the e-mail link. Some or all of your review may be shown on this site, other bookseller websites and on the cover of the novel .

Thanks,

Dan Ronco