Constructed on at least three levels of reality and told through an artificially intelligent stream of consciousness, the physical embodiment of data foreshadows the prevalent and powerful role that data will play in our very modern, brave new world. The recently deceased creator of the environment has left a trail of Easter eggs within a virtual reality game. Whoever solves the game stands to inherit both his fortune and legacy.

Radcliffe has written a book, an entertaining chronicle of capers, a journey that begins as an illicit obstacle course on Merseyside, then adds elements of psychology and play-acting, and gains momentum and legitimacy as it progresses. The book teaches us that there are a great number of foods that are flat enough to be slipped between a closed door and the floor, in the very specific instance that you know someone who is not to be disturbed but is also hungry. 5) Brave New World, Aldous Huxley (1932) In a soulless dystopian future, genetic engineering determines people’s fate from birth as members of an intelligence-based pre-defined caste. Consumption and conformity are the rules of the day. Britain (renamed as Airstrip One) has become part of a totalitarian superstate called Oceania after a nuclear war. Its citizens are divided between workers (‘proles’) and members of the Party. All are subjected to surveillance, control, and relentless manipulation through political propaganda. I calculate that at a conservative estimate, the number of buildings I have in some way infiltrated is in the hundreds, most of them with the full permission of the owners. While the majority of these jobs were not remarkable, some of them stand out because of the location, events or people I met on the way.

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Another interesting part of the book is that you learn how to chain together multiple vulnerabilities to maximize the impact (and reward) of your findings. This was by far my favorite part. I think the blurb makes it seem the Dad is in prison and I assumed it was for murder or something, but the truth is he went to trial and came home, although he was going to have his trial later and maybe put in prison. At the end of the book, it becomes evident that he wouldn’t have even gone to prison, as the people that actually did it said they would ensure that didn’t happen.

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Although I did try, I found it quite hard to feel a connection with the characters. I did feel sorry for them, but no connection. I feel as well as the main character trying to prove her Dad’s innocence she also learned how to fit in with her family. A former US intelligence agent with experience in pathology is recalled to the service in the hunt for a Saudi terrorist who has created a vaccine-resistant virus. Cryptography: This involves studying how information is encrypted and how to decrypt it without a key.

Radcliffe’s journey continues up service staircases and across rooftops to financial institutions in London and Europe to the mansions of dodgy geezers in the far east. There are plenty of hairy moments, near misses and some actual tumbles along the way, including a fall from a roof in Romania. She was doing a surveillance job, watching a cafe across the street from the roof of her hotel, when she slipped, landing on a narrow ledge. Any distance either side and she would have fallen four storeys, but she escaped with bumps and bruises. They even take you through things like deployment in large enterprise networks and very advanced topics like kernel compilation, the creation of custom ISO files, and encryption. This is why I rate this book Beginner-Advanced. You can definitely learn something new from this book, no matter where you are coming from.

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An alternative history novel set around 15 years after the Axis powers win World War II. The US is conquered and divided between Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany, who have become competing superpowers. Pilgrim anonymously wrote the definitive book on forensic investigation. This acts as the inspiration for the crime committed at the beginning of the narrative.