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Summary: Another Great Novel!
Review: There are some people who are mediocre at what they do and then there are masters. Jeffrey Deaver is the master of suspense in my humble opinion. No one weaves a thriller together quite like he does. His latest novel, The Blue Nowhere, is no exception. Phate is a killer, a killer that finds out every intricate detail of his victim's life beforehand by snatching the root directory of their computers. He is a hacker, the best of the best, a wizard and there is only one person that can stop him: another wizard. Wyatt Gillette is trying to quietly serve out his three-year sentence at a federal penitentiary for computer tampering. However, he jumps at the chance to help track down a killer when the local authorities arrange to get him released for 72 hours. He gets even more excited when he discovers that the killer is one of his old running buddies. Wyatt and Phate had founded The Knights of Access together, both geniuses in their own right. But there was one slight difference: Wyatt did it for fun, just to see if it could be done, and Phate did it for evil. So they parted ways and now it is time for them to have the ultimate showdown. Typing more than 100 words per minute, trying to outsmart each other, the police fade into the woodwork as they go after each other for vengeance, glory, and for the love of the game. This is not a good novel. This is a great novel. If you have never experienced a Jeffrey Deaver ride, this is a good place to jump on the bandwagon.
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Summary: A good Deaver novel
Review: Wyatt Gillette is a hacker serving a year in prison when he's released temporarily by the California state police to help find a murderous hacker known as 'Phate'. The setting of course is in Silicon Valley. This is a highly suspenseful novel filled with some interesting twists. There are a lot of computer and hacking themes throughout the whole book but it's made easy to follow and understand by the author-even for the computer illiterate. A good suspenseful read. Recommended.
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Summary: Deaver Delivers!
Review: Jeffrey Deaver is back in rare form! He delivers an utmost excellent novel with incredible characters and an absolutely dazzling plot. Thanks Jeffrey!
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Summary: A NON STOP PAGE TURNER
Review: EXCELLENT. READ IT IN OND DAY ONE OF THE BEST I'VE EVER READ.
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Summary: cyber tour de' force
Review: What Deaver did for taxi cab rides in New York, he has done for computer utilization. Now, thanks to the mind of Jeffery Deaver, we can all fear even the slightest keystroke. The sad part of the foundation behind "The Blue Noweher" is that it could happen. Deaver spins a tremendous tale of bizarre cyber-serial-fantasy role playing that hooks the reader from the introduction. This is his best ever. Gotta go, my computer is acting sluggish - almost like someone is watching,,,,,,,,,,,,[read the book and figure it out].
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Summary: A NEW KIND OF THRILLER FROM THE MALE MASTER OF SUSPENSE!
Review: Most of the time Jeffery Deaver's novels include Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs or have other detectives who look for killers the old fashioned way, which is going through evidence, analyzing the crime scenes, hoping to find a fiber or hair that will link the killer to the victim. In "The Blue Nowhere," Deaver takes the readers on an adventure ride through the INTERNET! It is very different, but is very good! The plot: There are two very skilled hackers in the California area, one is Wyatt Gillette, who is currently incarcarated for hacking into a business's files and doing illegal hacking. There is also a man known as Phate, who is a murderer. He hacks into his victim's computer or any other government computer and gets information, addresses, and friends of the victim. Phate can hack into absolutely anything! Frank Bishop, a detective for San Jose, California, needs the help of Wyatt Gillette because he believes that he is the only one that can help track down Phate. Gillette is temporarily released and is on the hunt. "The Blue Nowhere," which means that world of computers, is an amazing novel. It's an exhilirating novel of cat and mouse on the net! By the way, the next time your surfing the Internet, be careful, because you may not be alone!
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Summary: Superb storytelling
Review: Two brilliant hackers live in the United States. One of them is a killer while the other resides in prison. Phate sees the world as a global computer game searching for difficult targets to kill. He uses his program Trapdoor to enter any computer system he wishes. There he learns intimate details about his intended victim and ultimately murders them. Wyatt Gillette, convicted for hacking, currently lives in the Federal Men's Correctional Facility in San Jose. LAPD temporarily frees Wyatt so that he can help them catch the killing hacker. Wyatt agrees to assist because he plans to vanish into THE BLUE NOWHERE (net). Phate leans that his old cyber crony searches for him turning this into a hacker's duel to the death. Although this is a not a Lincoln Rhyme novel, the story line centers on individuals who prefer to spend their entire life inside THE BLUE NOWHERE even giving up sleep and other sustenance to do so. Jeffrey Deavers portrays these souls as addicts in the same vein as alcoholics. The main character needs to hack because it is there in the sense of climbing Everest or K2. Mr. Deaver has written another winning tale that will send him to the top of the hard copy best-selling charts. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: More than you ever want to know about computers
Review: This newest Jeffrey Deaver novel is quite a departure from his previous books.Multiple characters are involved, with minimal character development of any other than Gillette, the convicted hacker who turns away from the dark side to help hunt down the killer. Most of the action centers on the use of various computer programs,tricks, whatever you want to call all the technical descriptions, which are put into layman's language, but is still more than I ever wanted to know about computers. At the book's end, there is a bad guy still unaccounted for, who is loose with the "Trapdoor" program.....I hope this doesn't mean that Mr. Deaver intends to write a sequel to this story.
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Summary: WOW! A Job well done
Review: Deaver has outdone himself, "The Blue Nowhere" is fast paced and insightful. It captures your attention from page one until the very end. I couldn't put it down, it is a must read for anyone who enjoys a good thriller....Deaver just keeps getting better!
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Summary: A first rate thriller!
Review: From the moment I cracked this book, it became my downfall. I couldn't leave it, even for a few minutes, without longing for its fast-paced, utterly addictive plot. From the first paragraph to the last, this novel captured my imagination so fully that I wanted to skip meals and postpone sleep, much like the hackers portrayed in its pages. The novel begins with the murder of a highly security conscious woman. From the first few pages, the reader knows this is no ordinary murder, although the chapters to come will reveal exactly how extraordinary the killer is. When the police suspect a skilled hacker who has taken his role-playing games into the real world, they enlist the aid of a convicted felon and "wizard" (an expert hacker) who is granted a temporary release from prison. At first glance, this is not a novel premise, but HOW the cracker accomplishes his murders elevates this story to the level of pure creepiness, reflecting the level of technology our society has acquired and our blind confidence in it. The killer's intelligence and intimate knowledge of code make him a particularly elusive and dangerous suspect. Deaver's plot twists and turns so many times, giving false clues in the best spirit of genre and then dropping new ones, so the reader makes dozens of guesses about the outcome but probably will come up short. Although Deaver does make some clumsy moves (for example, dialogue often takes unnatural directions for the sake of exposition, and sometimes his facts are slightly off the mark) and can be repetitive, all in all his slips don't detract from this in-the-throat thriller. Yes, the characters aren't fully realized and verge on being types, but hey, you don't read this kind of book for characterizations. You read it to lose yourself in a suspenseful plot, and Deaver certainly delivers here. Deaver is such a good storyteller that he can make you both gullible and paranoid at the same time. Right now I can't even type this review without a hitch of doubt. Next time your computer crashes, or your typing seems sluggish, or you meet someone in the street who looks vaguely familiar and who reminds you of who he is, you'll break out with little beads of sweat, wondering if the world really is how it appears. This residual effect is Deaver's greatest triumph.
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