Attack Vector
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Last published Sun, Jan 22, 2023
Lay low, be careful, and don't get cocky; that was the motto of freelance hacker Warren Davis. It has kept him safe and off the radar for years. Now the FBI's got him, and Warren is given a seemingly simple choice: either go to prison or start working for the CIA.
Raymond Selig has just lost a member of his analytics team and needs someone with Warren's skills. Ray doesn't know whether he can trust the hacker, but he may not have a choice when the desk job turns into a game neither of them was prepared to play.
There are state secrets at risk and their own lives at stake.
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This is a translation (and I hope the best rendition) of a 50k words worth of a cyber-espionage thriller with LGBT romance that I've finished few years ago.
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