Michael Edelson
Theft of Fire, an espionage/sci-fi(ish) thriller about an invention that can change the course of history, and a terminally ill Detachment Delta killer who is trying to save it and its creators long enough to avoid the end of human civilization as we know it.
The invention in question is a quantum computer so powerful that it can crack the cipher used to encrypt nuclear launch codes in a fraction of a second using traditional brute force software. Such a device, with the right programming, can intercept, alter and resend encrypted communications in real time, break into any system and change any data without anyone ever knowing it was there. In a world almost completely reliant on computers, the implications of such a device are astounding.
The invention in question is a quantum computer so powerful that it can crack the cipher used to encrypt nuclear launch codes in a fraction of a second using traditional brute force software. Such a device, with the right programming, can intercept, alter and resend encrypted communications in real time, break into any system and change any data without anyone ever knowing it was there. In a world almost completely reliant on computers, the implications of such a device are astounding.
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