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Preview of
PeaceMaker
From
a stunning new voice in speculative fiction comes
PeaceMaker, a lightning-paced face-off between a software genius and
his former lover, a beautiful hi-tech female executive obsessed with bringing
down the US government.
"... 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" viruses and the
unstable personalities of those who create and unleash them. This
is truly chilling material." ----- Joe Massucci, author of CODE:ALPHA
and other thrillers
PeaceMaker,
a start-at-a-dead-run, 341-page
hi-tech thriller, is set in the near future, where software
revolutionaries are pushing artificial intelligence to the brink of
terrorism. The prologue plunges software architect Ray Brown into a
life-or-death contest with PeaceMaker, a deadly artificial intelligence
that has infected most of the world’s computing devices. His
determination to eliminate PeaceMaker leads him into a dangerous
conflict with the Domain – a clandestine organization dedicated to a new
world order.
Humiliated by the federal government in an
anti-trust trial that has torn apart her software company, CEO Dianne
Morgan is obsessed with a plan to unleash PeaceMaker and shut down
computer systems across the world. She is determined to crush the
global economy unless the nations of the world agree to share power with
the Domain. Although Dianne and Ray have never resolved a long
simmering passion, she must hunt him down before he terminates
PeaceMaker. As the Domain hunts Ray, Dianne learns of a mysterious
third force that has discovered PeaceMaker and plans to attack the
Domain. Dianne, Ray and this third force struggle for control, but
PeaceMaker has its own plans.
PeaceMaker
is based upon Dan's experience in
senior management positions with Microsoft and other high-tech
companies, where he gained insights into the amazing variety of people
who build advanced technologies. Although
PeaceMaker is fiction,
the characters have the ring of truth and the technology reflects
research well underway in corporate and university laboratories.
Unlike most
thrillers, PeaceMaker is populated with unforgettable
characters. Although Ray Brown is a brilliant software
architect and a decent guy, he's also a drunk and a misfit. Dianne Morgan could be
the sister of Ayn Rand's hero Howard Roark of the
Fountainhead,
except she's even more violent and determined.
And Ray's the one
person remaining in her way.
Read the prologue and first chapter of this
high-powered tale of revenge and suspense. Click and learn how
Ray
and
Dianne are dealing with this
no-holds-barred conflict.
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