Shadownet is a community of egos relating to Janus, the
major character in Assured Destruction by Michael F. Stewart. Janus and her mom own the company, Assured
Destruction. The business is to destroy
computer hard drives. Only Janus doesn't – always. She snoops.
It all falls apart one day at school, when two of her
friends’ lives have been exposed on the internet. Janus realizes that she had inadvertently
commented on a friend’s vacation, which led to her house being robbed. Another catastrophic slip
was sending a nude photo of a friend to someone.
Janus tries to right what went wrong, while trying to figure
out who’s hacked Shadownet.
Circumstances storm out of control:
- The business, Assured Destruction demands too much of her time.
- Her mother is exercising her parental authority very strictly.
- Her computer teacher’s assumed jealously.
- Two potential boyfriends.
- Her mother’s boyfriend.
- Demanding school work.
- Realizing that her hacker knows what she’s doing before she herself knows.
The bad guy isn’t who you think it is. I’m not giving a spoiler. You have to read it yourself. The story will draw you in.
From reading the web site, I see where this book is the
first, in a proposed series. And it’s
considered Young Adult. But I’m not a
“young adult,” and I enjoyed it. I know
you will too.
You can buy Assured Destruction at:
Amazon paperback ($8.99)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/
Kindle ($2.99)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/
and
Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/book/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/
Kindle ($2.99)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/
and
Goodreads
http://www.goodreads.com/book/
