Action/Adventure Aficionados discussion

Our February group read is Cyber Crimes. Brittanica defines Cyber Crime as: "Relating to use of the computer as an instrument to further illegal ends, such as committing fraud, trafficking in child pornography and intellectual property, stealing identities, or violating privacy. Cybercrime, especially through the Internet, has grown in importance as the computer has become central to commerce, entertainment, and government. Cybercrime, especially involving the Internet, represents an extension of existing criminal behaviour alongside some novel illegal activities."

With that definition is mind, we can nominate books that have themes centered around cyber crime, the commission or the investigation of, but also including action/adventure content.

January got away from me, as the months tend to do. I suck. Sorry this is going up so late. Because it's so close to the end of the month, the nominations period will be shortened to 5 days, and the poll will go up on January 26th.


Here are the other considerations:

1. One nomination per group member. The books must be nominated with a Goodreads link by clicking on 'add book/author'. If a book does not have a Goodreads link, it will not be added to the poll.
2. Books need to be readily available, ie, in print (able to buy new or in ebook format).
3. Books should have some degree of action/adventure content.
4. Past group reads are not eligible to be nominated again. The past group discussions remain open for members to comment. You can view the list of past reads here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

5. Books must be either standalone or first in a series (or they may be later in a series if constructed to be read as a standalone).
6. Authors are asked not to nominate their own books or solicit nominations from members.

Please feel free to include a blurb for the book so others know a little about the book, along with your Goodreads book link.

The poll will go up on January 26th.

This is Gomorrah: the dark web threatens one innocent man by Tom Chatfield

When the Dark Web destroys all privacy, an elite hacker must enter the belly of the beast in this compelling international conspiracy thriller.

Azi Bello is an amiable outsider with a superior talent for hacking. He's also living in a 21st century world where the dark side of technology is decimating privacy. "The Dark Web" rule: those who have the right connections have access to anything imaginable, and it's all theirs for the taking.

When Azi is sets off to unravel the mysterious online marketplace known as Gomorrah, he meets a young, secretive Muslim woman named Munira, and his carefully constructed privacy suddenly shatters. Munira's world starts spiraling out of control as well when her hacker cousin is recruited to work for terrorists. Working together to find her cousin and return him to safety, the two uncover an unimaginable conspiracy.

But in the Dark Web where identities can so easily be switched, how far is Azi willing to go to upend the nightmare he's living?

Debut novelist and technology expert Tom Chatfield deftly explores the lengths people will go to when the struggle for ultimate power becomes an international, high-stakes game.

I'm not sure if this qualifies:

Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution by P.W. Singer

An FBI agent hunts a new kind of terrorist through a Washington, DC, of the future in this groundbreaking book - at once a gripping technothriller and a fact-based tour of tomorrow

Kirsten wrote: "I'm not sure if this qualifies:

Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution by P.W. Singer
..."

To me it looks more like an AI or techno-thriller than cyber crime novel and that's not what I was looking for when I nominated this theme though I'd let Danielle decide if it works for her or not.

BTW: if you are looking for an dystropic/SF alternate of this topic I realised recently CyberStorm is not a contemporary cyber thriller and so I'm no more sure I'll read it (though I'll keep it in case I'll need it for one of my many challenges) and going from there you could find similar books if you need to change your nomination.

I nominate 11/9 by Ben Lovejoy

9/11 was the world’s worst terrorist atrocity. Julian Fox intends to change that fact. The planning will take months. The attack will take just two minutes.
9/11 had been four airliners, three buildings and 3,000 deaths. What Fox is planning will down 1300 airliners, devastate countless city centres and kill around half a million people.
His method won’t require a single hijacker: just 23 lines of computer code.

Sarah Green is an Aviation Risk Analyst in the Dept of Homeland Security. Her job is to out-think the terrorists: identify weaknesses in airline security arrangements, figure out how those weaknesses might be exploited and get protections in place before the terrorists get their chance.

Neither knows the other exists, yet the two are locked into a race that only one of them can win.

Kanishka wrote: "This is Gomorrah: the dark web threatens one innocent man by Tom Chatfield

When the D..."

This sounds amazing. Thank you for the recommendation. The best thing my local library has a copy. So should it win I hope to get it on time (it's expected to be back by February 10th).

11/9 by Ben Lovejoy looks promising

Agnieszka wrote: "Kanishka wrote: "This is Gomorrah: the dark web threatens one innocent man by [author:Tom Chatfield|331..."

Thanks Agnieszka. The funny thing is that I myself don't have a copy so I will have to search amazon to buy and read the book.

L.A. wrote: " Danielle The Book Huntress (Back to the Books) wrote: "Our February group read is Cyber Crimes. Brittanica defines Cyber Crime as: "Relating to use of the computer as an instrument to further ille..."

As you said, you can't nominate your own book.

I deleted your post. It's not fair to other authors on the group if one author gets more space to advertise their books than others.

Andrea wrote: "Perception and Deception III: A Spy Story
(Third in a series, however it’s a standalone story)

***Blurb****
Twenty-two year old Faith Evans is a former special agent for the Real Life Immersion ..."

I did not add this to the poll. Why?

1. There is no author information. I don't know who wrote this book.
2. Most importantly: There is no goodreads link to the book.

Please remember in the future to use a Goodreads link. It makes it extremely clear which book you are trying to nominate so members can make an informed choice. Thank you.

**Apparently this is an author nominated book, so I deleted the post.

Agnieszka wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "I'm not sure if this qualifies:

Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution by [author:P.W. ..."

I would tend to defer to Agnieszka on this one, since she did make the suggestion. However, we only have two other books that are eligible for the poll.

So we only have three books that are eligible this month. Hopefully we should be able to vote fairly easily.

The poll is up:

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

It will close at 11:59 PST on January 31st.

Danielle The Book Huntress (Back to the Books) wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Perception and Deception III: A Spy Story
(Third in a series, however it’s a standalone story)

***Blurb****
Twenty-two year old Faith Evans is a former special agent for the Real ..."

This one was nominated by the author, too.

Agnieszka wrote: " Danielle The Book Huntress (Back to the Books) wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Perception and Deception III: A Spy Story
(Third in a series, however it’s a standalone story)

***Blurb****
Twenty-two year..."

Thanks, I had that suspicion, which was why they didn't list the author or link the book.