The Ransom Queen
David Mannes
Form or Genre
espionage/science fiction
Book Description
Hackers have invaded and ransacked information from military and intelligence agencies and defence departments world-wide. In Belarus Wynter and special ops team close in on a Russian hacker who might be linked to the ransomware attacks. And then after apprehension, the hacker is killed. The culprits are erasing the trails.The one thing Majic-12 does know is that the hacking code is using sophisticated alien software. Going undercover with a beautiful British agent, Mary Ann Russell, they follow a tenuous trail that to a multi-media, social media corporation called Pals. It’s run by an independent highly intelligent woman named Indira Chung. Is she responsible or is a member of her company acting on his or her own?