Lethal Code

Americas worst nightmare has come true: a cyberPearl Harbor attack by unknown terrorists has crippled the nations power gridand brought the land of the free to its knees. As widespread panic and violence ravage the country, its ruthless captors issue their ultimatumsand vow an apocalyptic reckoning. A defenseless nation scrambles to fight an invisible invasion. Chief among Americas last line of defense is Lana Elkins, head of a major cyber-security companyand former top NSA operativewho returns to her roots to spearhead the Agencys frantic efforts to combat the enemys onslaught on its own terms. While she and her superiors take action to infiltrate a terrorist hotbed overseas, much closer to home ruthless jihadists with a nuclear bomb hijack a busload of schoolchildrenincluding Lanas daughterand race toward a rendezvous with Armageddon in Americas greatest city. With Lethal Code, Thomas Waite raises the international techno-thriller to dangerously exciting levelsintroducing a valiant new action heroine, and initiating a series that brings a harrowing new edge of realism to sensational speculative fiction. See more