Spyder Web
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Publisher Description
Ex-Navy Seal Nolan Kilkenny is recruited by the US government on a deadly mission to destroy a computer virus that could demolish America…
WEB OF DESTRUCTION
Code name: Spyder. It has already been put in place, sucking a U.S. corporation of its most important information. National security insiders know how dangerous Spyder can be – and that someone has to unravel its secrets…
WEB OF LIES
The government choose Nolan Kilkenny, an ex-Navy SEAL turned computer expert, who now leaves his laboratory behind for the killing fields of his past. Only this time, his prey is waiting for him…
WEB OF THE SPYDER…
In a duel of nerves, courage and skill, Nolan goes up against deadly covert agents and a network of intrigue that stretches from the Caribbean to China. Here Kilkenny's enemies have carefully targeted him to die – for a weapon that isn't a bomb, isn't a missile, but is the greatest threat America has ever known…
Buckle up for an action-packed adventure, perfect for fans of Jack Higgins and Tom Clancy.
Reviews
Praise for Spyder Web:
‘Intelligent, enigmatic and cleverly constructed’
Closer
Praise for Tom Grace:
'An absorbing, carefully plotted adventure beautifully executed by Tom Grace – sure to hit the bestseller lists.' Clive Cussler
'A truly believable hero…Kilkenny is a little Jack Ryan, a little Dirk Pitt.' San Francisco Examiner
‘Grace’s prose recalls Ian Fleming at his most lean.’ Publishers Weekly
‘If you like the pace of TV hit 24 and the skulduggery of Spooks, you’ll love this.’
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
About the author
Tom Grace was born, raised, and still lives in Michigan. He studied architecture at the University of Michigan, where he developed his strict eye for detail. His superior knowledge of technology has found its way into his writing and has earned him tremendous acclaim as a result.
Tom Grace lives with his wife, five children and a yellow Labrador. His interests are architecture and current affairs; he also enjoys scuba diving, martial arts and running marathons.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The sizzle of a good thriller is missing from this originally self-published debut, even though Grace fuses brawny action-hero derring-do with brainy computer hacking. After one final mission of government-sanctioned vengeance, Navy SEAL Nolan Kilkenny, who lives in Ann Arbor, Mich., is eager to get to work for his father's pet project, an online research clearinghouse called MARC (Michigan Applied Research Consortium). Meanwhile, thanks to a financially vulnerable CIA agent, data thieves Alex Roe and Ian Parnell have gotten their hands on Spyder, a CIA prototype of the ultimate hacking program--and they've chosen MARC's mainframe as their test target. Naturally, Kilkenny discovers the theft, and his SEAL talents are called upon to ward off worldwide technological disaster. Despite Grace's use of seemingly every thriller component in the business--Asian killers, Navy SEALs, KGB defectors, high-tech pirates--in scenes that take the reader from Ann Arbor to Puerto Rico, Haiti and London, this novel is curiously devoid of thrills. The SEAL action scenes read like a Muzak version of Richard Marcinko's. The language is jargon-larded without actually explaining the technology. The plot is promising, but Grace's pacing impedes it. By cutting back and forth among the main players, he succeeds not in ratcheting up suspense but only in fracturing a reader's attention.
