FBI special agent and cybercrime specialist Lisa Tanchik faces a deadly threat in this white-knuckle thriller.FBI special agent Lisa Tanchik is skilled at handling cyber threats, having recently taken down a Dark Web black market worth billions. But ruthless hacker NatalyaX always seems to be a step ahead.The government calls on Tanchik’s expertise when an email attachment causes a fatal seizure … causes a fatal seizure at US Cyber Command. But before she can get her feet under her, the entire East Coast goes dark. A sinister plan is unfolding before her eyes—and no one knows who’s behind it.
Tanchik plunges into chaos to hunt down the true source of the attacks. Close dealings with shadowy figures both online and off expose her to extraordinary danger as the country teeters on the brink of catastrophe.
A soldier on the front line of a cyberwar, Tanchik must nullify the threat before it deals a death blow to America’s institutions—and puts millions of lives in jeopardy.
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Reece Hirsch masterfully delivers a smart, electrifying thriller with Dark Tomorrow. Perfectly balanced between tense street-level action and a ‘race against the clock’ cyber hunt — you’ll ride this high-octane rollercoaster of shocking twists and turns until the last page.
Second in the series about a female FBI agent who works with computers. Very interesting plot and a definite page turner. Hirsch knows how to write fast-paced novels and this one is hard to put down.
FBI Special Agent Lisa Tanchik is on the trail of a cyberstalker/hacker , known only as NatalyaX who is thought to be working for Russia.
An email attachment causes a fatal seizure at US Cyber Command. As a result, the entire East Coast goes dark. Agent Tanchik knows that something bad is happening and no one knows who’s behind this sinister plan.
Tanchik plunges into chaos to hunt down the true source of the attacks. Close dealings with shadowy figures both online and off expose her to extraordinary danger as the country teeters on the brink of catastrophe.
This is a well written cyber crime fiction with a solid plot, leading one to believe this could be happening in our country today. The characters are solidly defined. Action is non-stop and it all begins on the very first page and doesn’t let up until the very last. The ending was unexpected, and totally satisfying.
Many thanks to the author / Thomas & Mercer / Netgalley for the digital copy of this techno-thriller. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
FBI Special Agent Lisa Tanchik has been chasing a Russian hacker, NatalyaX, on the Dark Web for two years. Lisa is deeply depressed and staving off the debilitating depression with alcohol and Zoloft. When the US is attacked in a massive cyber war, Lisa is transferred to the center of the effort to determine who’s behind the attack. Every new piece of evidence leads Lisa to Natalya, but not who she’s working for.
This has a well-written and unusual storyline and Lisa is a well-defined complex and flawed main character. The rest of the characters are less defined and more stereotypically cardboard. However, there’s not much creativity behind the attack or, indeed, how it is resolved. Regardless, though, it is quite likely any reader will be caught up in the story as it races to the ending, which is cheesy in the same way the ending of “Casablanca” was.
If you like fast-paced stories set in the present from headlines from today’s newspapers, you might want to put this book on your to-be-read list somewhere near the top.
My thanks to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for an eARC.
A fantastic edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that never lets up for a single page. Plus, a kickass heroine who’s worth rooting for. This book has everything I want in a great thriller.
America Under Attack
This is the second book in the Lisa Tanchik series and I enjoyed it as much as the first one BLACK NOWHERE.
Lisa is an FBI Special Agent specializing in cybercrimes and cyber threats. She has been teaching a class on cybercrime investigation at Quantico when her expertise is needed when malware is introduced into a computer of a CyberCom specialist, ending up killing him by causing a deadly seizure.
She ends up working with CyberCom, which is part of the Department of Defense, and also NSA when most of the infrastructure on the East coast is taken down by hackers.
Lisa believes that a Russian GRU agent with the user name of NatalyaX is behind the deadly attacks.
This was another great (but too believable) story about the cyber intelligence world. I like Lisa’s character, even as she deals with chronic depression that has haunted since she was a young girl.
I highly recommend this thriller to anyone that likes spy thriller or stories about cyber warfare.
I received this book from Thomas & Mercer (Amazon Publishing) through Net Galley in the hopes that I would read it and leave an unbiased review.