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Attack Surface

Attack Surface

CyberpunkScience Fiction
Pages
608
Published
2020
Language
English

Synopsis

Masha Maximow works as a cybersecurity expert, creating tools for repressive regimes to spy on their citizens. But she also secretly helps dissidents evade detection, playing a dangerous double game. When her own friends and family become targets of the very technology she helped create, Masha must choose a side, knowing that either choice will have painful consequences.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

TenseGrittyIntellectual
Morally GreyAnti-Hero

Genres

Cyberpunk Science Fiction Thriller Politics Technology Techno-Thriller Political Thriller

About the author

C
Cory Doctorow

From his website: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of the bestselling Tor Teens/HarperCollins UK novel LITTLE BROTHER. He is the former European director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in London. 2 Creative Commons-licensed photos: cindiann: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/26...

Characters

Masha MaximowProtagonist
Marcus YallowSupporting
All characters in Attack Surface