Mismatch

ISBN: 0595126146

Author: Pye, Lloyd

Condition: New

Product Description Two rogue FBI agents make a catastrophic error in judgment when they catch the nations #1 computer hacker and decide to rough him up to intimidate him into quitting his hobby. Percy Marsh is not easily intimidated, and what no one knowsnot even the FBIis that he has the power to shut down the entirety of Americas communication systems. Coldly seeking revenge for his abuse, Marsh enlists the aid of a phone phreaking associate known as The Kraut. What he doesnt know is that Viktor Lubov is a long-term Soviet sleeper, an agent-in-place seeking an opportunity to strike. Marsh provides it with his communication shutdown, and soon Lubov is planning to circumvent Marshs plan with a far more deadly plan of his own. He is going to tell his handlers in Moscow that America will soon be helpless to counterstrike after an all-out nuclear first strike. All he has to do is relay the message in the approved fashion: through a Soviet submarine playing cat-and-mouse with an American sub prowling off the California coastline. World War III is just a shutdown away! About the Author Lloyd Pye is a former Military Intelligence Agent turned writer who in the late 1970s became friends with John Draper, AKA Capn Crunch, the legendary leader of the earliest group of phone phreaks. Draper provided much of the history and insight for this book, which was technically accurate before the end of the Cold War.