Excellent techno-thriller
599361
Intense, smart, riveting techno thriller. Couldn't put it down, kept me involved to the end. Highly recommend.
4619719
Good techno-thriller. I'd give it five stars except for the ending. After developing a lot of well-done plot lines, the author tied them together in the end, but there was no "big finish" as I expected.
2077634
Murder by Munchausen is an intense, fast-paced story. The characters are real to life in this futuristic thriller where a robot, that is supposed to be of service to humans, is infected with a computer virus, and commits murder. The plot includes separate investigations that may be linked, but that link is not well recognized by the investigators, once partners, and now in a complicated relationship. The plot is complex, well written, and uses a futuristic Cleveland, Ohio as the location. I can see this story be a reality in the not-so-distant future. Great story. Looking forward to the sequel.
Props to M. T. Bass!
775413
A good read for a rainy afternoon or whenever. I Found this techno-thriller held my attention well. Enough techno-babble to make things sound plausible but not so much that it detracts from the story. I only gave it four stars because I have not yet found a five star book. Several have come close but...
2440414
"Ghost Fleet"is a military/ techno/ sci-fi future warfare thriller. Think Tom Clancy, though only half  as long.
The story is set in the near future, a future in which China has grown to dominate the pacific and whose cyber espionage has spread, infected  throughout the world's technology.
It is a world still reeling from unspecified local wars in which the oil states of the Middle East have,  apparently, nuked each other into oblivion. The US economy is struggling and its hard-used military  forces are being run on a reduced level, with much of its air and naval fleets in mothballs,hence the title "Ghost Fleet."

With that for a background, China, allied with Russia, now a secondary power, decides to attack the US in an attempt to once and forever eliminate it as a threat. The war begins in cyberspace, moves into real space and then across the Pacific with an attack on Pearl Harbor and other US installations.iThe story builds from there in one exciting episode after another.
The authors really have their tech-knowledge down pat; the book is filled with acronyms and military jargon, and  weapon specifications and capabilities. While that no doubt adds verisimilitude, I usually simply " eye-scan" past it to get on with the story. Still, it is the authors purpose to describe how a large-scale war between China and the US could look. They did a great deal of research and it shows.

 However, if you are looking for deep introspection or strong emotional perceptions or if you are looking for some character  development  of protagonists, you won't find it in "Ghost Fleet". The men and women who populate the warring world exist mainly, only, to flip levers and press triggers. When a comrade is blown away, shredded by shrapnel or otherwise obliterated, it seems barely  to give pause. But how could it, when all the characters are cardboard cut-outs: the crusty CPO ;  the wily, sage Chicom officer who recites SunTsu as he sets war in motion; a stalwart XO who steps in to save his battered ship- and the mission.

Of course, it is quite entertaining. "Ghost Fleet" has its touches of irony, too: some of the tactics used by both side are borrowed from WWII, updated and implemented. But against the other side. It is the relics of the mothball fleet that have to save the day, as you might guess from the title, though it is the Why, that makes the story interesting. The book goes at break- neck speed ( especially if you slide by the mil-speak) and the climatic battle scenes thrill. A solid three, almost, four star rating.
Recommended for fans of the genre.
No sex that I recall- everyone is to busy clinging to their MP -3 , model XV/ 4 thermal  grenade launchers ( or something.) No detailed combat gore, despite the scads of casualties.
4271230
While this may not be science fiction, it certainly is a thriller with a fair bit of technology. It's a fun story with twists and turns, and likable central characters. It has some interesting commentary on multiplayer online gaming, and feels well researched. I'm not sure how well the book will age, it's quite contemporary, but it's a fun read. Just keep in mind that this book shares more with Tom Clancy than with some of Stephenson's other works.
1685693
Little Deadly Things is a techno-thriller revolved around three of the most carefully crafted characters I've had the privilege of meeting. Taking Eva, Marta, and Jim from their tragic youths, brought together through the same charity, given because of their remarkable minds, the three become fast friends. After an estrangement from the brightest of them, the three come back together to create a tech firm that uses nanotechnology as a method for delivering pharmaceutical treatments. With sights set higher, Eva uses their combined brain power to branch their technology into clean water projects, then military contracts involving commercial waste clean-ups.

When tragedy hit the site of a contract granted to another firm, all eyes turn to Eva as the culprit. Her reaction to their claims sets off a chain reaction, that left unbroken, will mean the death of millions.

The amount of research in the psychological profiling, technology, and brilliantly painted worlds of the characters childhoods, had me ignoring this worlds exit until the very end.
3523647
I received this book as a free copy with the promise to review in February. It's not my type of book but I  was pleasantly surprised. With all the new technology today I thought it would be a little tough to follow. Everything was explained in the simplest terms possible and the story line is great. I will definitely read more in this series. Great techno-thriller!
366401
A really intense thriller with a good chunk of cyber realism - working in IT myself I realize a lot of the technology spoken of is either already here or comming soon - but very well written indeed :)
3419608
Engaging tech thriller that leaves you with the feeling that what looks too good to be true - often is.
1386355
I've just experienced the advent of a brilliant new light in technology-based thrillers. Keith Ellis really knows his stuff, and in "Quantum Ethics" he spins a tale that immediately engulfs the reader in a world that, at first blush, exists in the far reaches of possibility -- until you realize that this could be happening right here, right now. John Thunder is a fascinating renaissance man: as comfortable in the woods and with today's (and tomorrow's) technology as he is in Washington's corridors of power and intrigue. He reminds me in some ways of a character from a long-ago thriller: a gentleman who can rise to the occasion at a moment's notice -- at once a fierce adversary and a trusted, caring friend. Ellis has tapped into real techno paranoia as world-shattering technology is up for grabs, and everybody wants to be its master. I couldn't put this one down, and I'm hoping the author will favor us with a sequel in the near future.
138062
Ramthun's Ground Zero is a techno-thriller murder mystery that kept me turning the pages.  If Tom Clancy and Agatha Christie had written together, this is what would have resulted.  I loved the cutting edge technology that  makes me wonder if she endangered her security clearance, but I also love  the classic mystery of a real locked room, with the revelation that had me  making the traditional Christie head smack, saying, "I shoulda known!"  But  even better, I loved and cared about the people, from the not-so-geeky  computer programmers to the cops. The professional women are both fun, but  real, and could easily be my friends.  And finally, the story hangs  together, front to back, top to bottom.  Without a doubt, I think this is a  great read!
2006640
A fitting tribute to the techno-thriller in the 21st century.  Vintage Clancy in a modern age, worthy of the name!
1916226
A near-future techno-thriller that mixes elements of Clive Cussler's Oregon series with the covert operations of a Tom Clancy thriller.  The first of what appears to be a series, the novel spends quite a bit of time demonstrating the skill sets of Marshall Hail's crew, ships, and drones as well as the beautiful CIA agent assigned to be his liaison for a covert operation.  The rest details an operation pulled off by the heroes.

There are plenty of sequel hooks, and future novels won't have the issue of introducing the origins and abilities of the main cast (it's why many superhero film sequels are better than the originals; they can devote more time to the plot instead of explaining why you'll believe a man can fly).

I'll try to work the next books into my busy reading schedule.
2309722
Secret Service Agent Kevin Quinn tries unsuccessfully to poison the President at a dinner party.  Quinn wants revenge after witnessing the President killing his wife and unborn child, as well as confessing to other evil murders.  But while on the lam, Quinn contacts his boss receives a shocking revelation that things aren't what they appear to be.  A couple of mercenary killers find his hideout, and he learns that his memory has been tampered with by an evil man, and that Rachel Howard, the world's preeminent neuroscientist, is next on the hit list.  Kevin teams up with Rachel to find who is behind the evil plot, what happened to himself, and why the evil mastermind wants her dead.  [There's a lot more to the plot, but that's the gist of it.]

This book is a "techno-thriller," Richard's expertise.  The story is set in 2022, so it is slightly futuristic.  The technology is very well researched, and while it seemed like I was reading science fiction, the author explains in the Afterword that most of the technology described in the book either exists or will soon.  Scary!

Typical of thrillers, you find out who the bad guy is in the first half of the book, the hero repeatedly gets put into impossible situations and finds a way to escape, and the ending gets a little wild.  Although the book was very well written, one has to be in the right mood to read techno thrillers, and I wasn't.  So now comes the tough part: my rating.  I would give the writing and story 5 stars, but that's not what the Amazon rating system says.  It's based on whether I liked the book, which I didn't so much.  Being an engineer, I found the science fascinating, especially when I learned that most of it is real.  So my feeling about the book is best described as "it's okay," mostly since I'm not a big fan of techno-thrillers.  But that's on me.  If you're a fan, I'd highly recommend this one.  I'm going to compromise and say 4 stars.
549610
This was a great thriller and keeps you involved. The use of technology seems to be very realistic and you feel that operators like these are based on what does go on.
3001342
I thought this was an excellent sci-fi thriller. It starts a bit slowly but builds. There are some good plot turns and twists. Recommended.