Zero Day

This book revolves around an Arab terrorist plot to use computer viruses to bring down the US and European powers. The story is a fairly by-the-numbers thriller which stands out primarily for the fact that its author is a renowned computer expert. Not much of his expertise really comes out in the story, however. That is probably because he was consciously trying to hold back for fear of boring non-computer-literate readers. My guess is that he should have gone for it and made a book that at least stood out for its in-depth explanation of the inner-workings of our cyber-culture. This is clearly a first effort and maybe we'll see something more interesting if he attempts a second book.