{"product_id":"zeroes-a-novel","title":"Zeroes: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn exhilarating thrill-ride through the underbelly of cyber espionage in the vein of David Ignatiuss The Director and the television series Leverage  CSI: Cyber  and Person of Interest  which follows five iconoclastic hackers who are coerced into serving the U.S. government. An Anonymous-style rabble rouser  an Arab spring hactivist  a black-hat hacker  an old-school cipherpunk  and an online troll are each offered a choice: go to prison or help protect the United States  putting their brains and skills to work for the government for one year. But being a white-hat doesnt always mean you work for the good guys. The would-be cyberspies discover that behind the scenes lurks a sinister NSA program  an artificial intelligence code-named Typhon  that has origins and an evolution both dangerous and disturbing. And if its not brought down  will soon be uncontrollable. Can the hackers escape their federal watchers and confront Typhon and its mysterious creator? And what does the government really want them to do? If they decide to turn the tables  will their own secrets be exposedand their lives erased like lines of bad code? Combining the scientific-based  propulsive narrative style of Michael Crichton with the eerie atmosphere and conspiracy themes of The X-Files and the imaginative  speculative edge of Neal Stephenson and William Gibson  Zer0es explores our deep-seated fears about government surveillance and hacking in an inventive fast-paced novel sure to earn Chuck Wendig the widespread acclaim he deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44956660236341,"sku":"ByrdShop_0062351559","price":27.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780062351555.jpg?v=1770321976","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/zeroes-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}