Hammerjack

"In this dark, futuristic thriller, Marc Giller defines the cutting edge of suspense with a relentless tale of murder, techno-terrorism, and a conspiracy one man is driven to uncover-even if hemust undo reality in the process....

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Hammerjack"

"They ride virtual waves of code and pirate high-tech secrets to sell to thehighest bidder-they are faster and smarter than your security system, and are only too happy to show you by how much. They are "hammerjacks, " and the rewards of their profession are second onlyto the sheer rush of what they do. Cray Alden was once one of them. Now he's a corporate spook chasing down the information traffickers who've turned business into all-out war.

Butbeneath the surface skirmishes lurks something darker-rumors of a biological supercomputer that threatens to shift the balance of power between man and machine. Now Cray is caught in the cross fire between thecorporate Collective and a shadowy fanatical anti-tech cult called "Inru." With an assassin on his trail and a devastating secret locked in his mind, Cray must turn to the hammerjack who's beenhis most dangerous, most elusive quarry. Together they are on the deadliest mission of Cray's life-to destroy the god that manmade.

"From the Trade Paperback edition."