Net Force: Kill Chain (novella)
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Publisher Description
A remote Maine island becomes the setting for a deadly game of cat-and-mouse in the Net Force novella KILL CHAIN.
Natasha Mori and Bryan Ferrago work for the Net Force Cyber Squad, an elite government agency created to lead the charge against America’s online enemies. They’ve travelled to Maine’s coast for a project to study extreme weather forecasting — and hopefully enjoy a little vacation.
But someone from Natasha’s past has followed them and, as a hurricane approaches, sees a chance to take her out of commission permanently. A team of elite biotech-enhanced mercenaries has been assigned to eliminate her and any witnesses on the island.
Stranded in the storm of the century, cut off from all help, Natasha and Bryan must now find a way to escape her hunters — or become part of their murderous kill chain.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Clancy's newest collaboration takes us to 2010, when the virtual Web looks like a stock-car race and gadgets and gizmos abound. Net Force, a computer security agency created by Congress, patrols the technological etherworld and those who hook into it. When the agency's director is assassinated, Deputy Director Alex Michaels suddenly finds himself in command. Diverted by the Chechen mastermind in Russia, Michaels and his forces are soon battling the New Mafia and an Irish assassin named "The Selkie." Out in the field, the Special Forces carry advanced armor and weapons systems while joshing around in cartoonlike jargon. The computer jocks drive their virtual Vipers to investigate "roadblocks" and "pileups." The equipment is interesting, but the action doesn't bear up under the ponderous exposition and flatter-than-a-floppy-disk characters. FYI: Net Force is soon to be an ABC mini-series.
