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In the year 2000, computers are the new superpowers. Those who control them control the world. To enforce the Net Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency within the FBI: the Net Force.Reeling from a shattered personal life, Net Force Commander Alex Michaels is informed that top secret information from a joint Air Force—Navy venture has been accessed and downloaded. The research involves an atmospheric weapon with the capability to drive half a country into madness show more using low frequency wave generation. Now the technology has fallen into the wrong hands—and testing has begun...
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Not my preferred reading. If you like the 'Executioner' you'll probably like this book. Not Clancy's writing at all.
A Scientist has discovered a way to alter the minds of a group of people anywhere in the world. Alex Michaels as het of Net Force is involved to in finding the scientist and stopping the sale of the technology to the Chinese.
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In een klein dorpje aan de Chinese kust slaat van het ene op het andere moment de waanzin onder de inwoners toe. Vredelievende burgers gaan elkaar te lijf; politieagenten schieten elkaar neer. Tegen de avond is de helft van de bevolking dood.
De regering laat onmiddellijk tests uitvoeren op het water en het voedsel, maar kan geen verklaring vinden voor deze plotselinge uitbarsting van massahysterie. En ook de rest van de wereld staat voor een raadsel.
Dan komt Net Force-commandant Alex Michaels ter ore dat er documenten uitgelekt zijn die geheime informatie bevatten over een samenwerkingsproject tussen de luchtmacht en de marine. Het project onderzoekt de mogelijkheden om elektronische stralingen te gebruiken voor defensieve doeleinden. show more Hoogwaardige technologie die in de verkeerde handen heel wat schade aan zou kunnen richten. show less
De regering laat onmiddellijk tests uitvoeren op het water en het voedsel, maar kan geen verklaring vinden voor deze plotselinge uitbarsting van massahysterie. En ook de rest van de wereld staat voor een raadsel.
Dan komt Net Force-commandant Alex Michaels ter ore dat er documenten uitgelekt zijn die geheime informatie bevatten over een samenwerkingsproject tussen de luchtmacht en de marine. Het project onderzoekt de mogelijkheden om elektronische stralingen te gebruiken voor defensieve doeleinden. show more Hoogwaardige technologie die in de verkeerde handen heel wat schade aan zou kunnen richten. show less
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Tom Clancy was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 12, 1947. He graduated with a degree in English from Loyola College in 1969, became an insurance agent, and in 1973 became the owner of an insurance agency. It was not until 1980 that he started writing novels. His works include Red Storm Rising, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, The Sum of All Fears, show more Rainbow Six, Dead or Alive, and Threat Vector. His books The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger were adapted into major motion pictures. He also wrote nonfiction books including Into the Storm: A Study in Command, Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Airborne, and Reality Check: What's Going on Out There? He died on October 2, 2013 at the age of 66. His last book, Command Authority, co-authored with Mark Greaney, was published posthumously in December 2013 and made the New York Times bestseller list. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Breaking Point
- People/Characters
- Alex Michaels; Toni Fiorella; John Howard; Jay Gridley; Tyrone Howard
- Important places
- Quantico, Virginia, USA; Portland, Oregon, USA
- Epigraph
- 'And who wrote the tune, you dare to ask? You know who wrote it - it's the Devil's own music, hot and sweet, and surely damned will be the man who turns his ear towards it.' Sean Patrick O'Mahoney
- First words
- The sun rose from the gray sea and cast a fiful light upon the wrinkled features of Old Zang where he sat on the weathered bench outside the house, leaning forward slightly on his cane.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'Yep,' she said, grinning like a fool. I'm pregnant.' Then they were both grinning like fools.
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