Description:
When Jonathan Goodman witnesses a murder in the parking lot of Megasoft just two weeks after an assassination attempt on company founder and presidential hopeful Jack Malcom, the twists and turns of this high-tech thriller slip right into gear. Goodman, the young project manager for a much-hyped new interactive-TV software program, attempts to unravel the tangles of the mysterious killing (the body later disappears and all traces of the murdered man are erased from existence), only to find himself fighting a conspiracy that seems to encompass presidential politics, terrorism, software espionage, and more. The lure of this book is the insight into the computer industry. Author Daniel Oran has an insider's view into the workings of Microsoft, as he was the program manager who invented the Start button and Taskbar for Windows 95. Reading this book, one can't help but substitute Microsoft for Megasoft and Bill Gates for Jack Malcom, relishing the details of how life operates behind the scenes at the software giant. This novel offers some frightening possibilities as Oran exposes how your ordinary PC could turn into Big Brother. Despite some uneven moments, the technological aspects and potential for mishap and crime in Oran's novel are sure to foster a budding genre of computer thrillers. Anyone with access to a computer will enjoy the view Oran provides into the dealings of the tech industry; the plot will have you looking at your own computer with a suddenly suspicious eye. --Jenny Brown
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