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Wired
Wired
Author: Robert L. Wise
ISBN-13: 9780446691635
ISBN-10: 0446691631
Publication Date: 3/1/2004
Pages: 305
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Warner Faith
Book Type: Paperback
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vmachapy avatar reviewed Wired on + 215 more book reviews
MILLIONS DISAPPEAR IN AN INSTANT. TERRORIST ATTACKS, RANDOM KILLINGS, AND UNBRIDLED LAWLESSNESS SOON FOLLOW...WHILE A RUTHLESS POLICE STATE MAINTAINS ORDER THROUGH NANOTECHNOLOGY AND CONSTANT ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE. IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS, GRAHAM AND JACKIE PECK STRUGGLE TO HOLD THEIR FAMILY TOGETHER-NO EASY TASK WITH THEIR OLDEST SON AWAY, THEIR SKEPTICAL TEENAGE DAUGHTER DOUBTING EVERYTHING THEY TELL HER, AND THEIR TWO SCHOOLAGE BOYS OBLVIOUS TO THE DANGERS THREATENING THEM NIGHT AND DAY.
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS NANOROBOTS CAPABLE OF SEEKING OUT INDIVIDULAS IT DEEMS SUBVERSIVE A RADICAL GROUP CALLED THE NEW BELIEVERS WELCOME WITH THE PECKS INTO THEIR MIDST. BUT ARE THEY THE PIOUS AND LOVING FRIENDS THEY APPEAR TO BE OR A DANGEROUS CULT BENT ON FURTHERING THEIR OWN AGENDA IN A WORLD GONE MAD? GRAHAM AND JACKIE MUST DISCOVER THE TRUTH, KNOWING THAT THE FATE OF THEIR FAMILY- AND EVERYONE ON EARTH- HANGS IN THE BALANCE. AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
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I read this book from start to finish within hours of it arriving in my mailbox. Great storyline about what an over-reaching government can do with modern technology and what can be accomplished through the use of fear.