About the book: 2007 / Information war, electronic security and techno-terror - this is the front line of the coming world battles. Derek Vandeveer, a computer whiz whose career as a cyber warrior began on September 11, 2001, is recruited to lead a top-secret government cybersecurity group. From this moment his quiet life ends...Bruce Sterling, the founding father of cyberpunk, philosopher of the World Wide Web, sociologist, herald of the future of modern science, writer, each book of which is a kind of milestone in the literary life of America, once again reveals to readers a bright, unexpected facet of his talent.