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Terminal Connection
Terminal Connection
Terminal Connection
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Review: Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Get Back On the Net
John B. Bowers
Dan Needles writes with an authority that can only come from someone close to current events; his knowledge of government agencies and projects lends a credibility to the story that few novelists can achieve. If Tom Clancy had been a science fiction writer, Terminal Connection could as easily have been written by him. It’s that good.

Review: Astoundingly brilliant
Meghan X.
Wow. Just wow. Dan Needles’ book, ‘Terminal Connection,’ just blew my mind away. I have been looking for that kind of reading experience I used to enjoy with Michael Crichton’s … and for a long time I couldn’t find anyone who could hold a candle to Crichton’s name. That is, until I found Dan Needles.

‘Terminal Connection’ is one of those rare suspense thrillers that deeply move you - author Needles’ writing throbs with an undercurrent of deep emotion that propels his characters, making them pulse with humanity and as believable as the guy sitting next to you.

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What if a terrorist were a computer virus, its weapon a defect, and its target the U.S. military?
Welcome to the present, where the lines are blurred between terrorists and governments, virtual worlds and reality. In a war of information, everyone is on the frontline.

Steve Donovan, founder of NEXUS Corp, has developed a virtual technology that could help his daughter walk again. Riddled with guilt over the accident that crippled Brooke, Donovan buries himself in developing the Nexus. But when a young girl dies using the Nexus, CEO Austin Wheeler decides lawsuits are cheaper than a recall.

On Tianya Haijiao, China’s southernmost beaches of Hainan Island, a killer waits for all who pass into virtual reality.

Exploiting a defect that triggers fatal seizures, a hacker introduces a deadly virus - a virtual serial killer. Torn between his conscious and his invention, and distracted by a sexy federal investigator and a bottle of scotch, Donovan chases the killer through uncharted virtual worlds, where nothing is as it seems. He discovers a conspiracy that threatens U.S. security and Brooke’s life. As two superpowers face off in global confrontation, Donovan realizes that in order to stop the killer, he must break the TERMINAL CONNECTION.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXinXii
Release dateJan 1, 2014
ISBN9780989238847
Terminal Connection
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Dan Needles

Dan Needles won the 2003 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour for With Axe & Flask and his Wingfield Farm stage plays have appeared in theatres across Canada and the United States. His popular magazine columns have been published in Harrowsmith-Country Life, Country Guide, Small Farm Canada, In the Hills, On the Bay, Watershed and other publications. Needles was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2014 for a body of work that celebrates the people of rural Canada. He lives with his wife at Larkspur Farm near Collingwood, ON.

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    Wow. Just wow. Dan Needles? book, ?Terminal Connection,? just blew my mind away. I have been looking for that kind of reading experience I used to enjoy with Michael Crichton?s books (the last thing I read from him before he died in 2008 was the futuristic thriller ?Next?), and for a long time I couldn?t find anyone who could hold a candle to Crichton?s name. That is, until I found Dan Needles. This is a book that will immediately make your heart start pumping?it is a relentless, white-knuckle rollercoaster ride that will haunt you with its implications, no matter how ?fictitious?.At its heart, ?Terminal Connection? is propelled by love and guilt, fleshed out in a world that doesn?t seem to be in a ?mood? to let a man find his personal redemption. Steve Donovan establishes a company called the Nexus?a corporation that specializes in virtual technology?driven mainly by his desperation to bring back his crippled daughter?s old life. But as it turns out, the Nexus is not without its flaws?worse, the defect can be fatal. And as if that?s not enough, an unknown hacker further exploits the defect to kill more people, which makes him become the world?s first (and deadliest) virtual serial killer. And it?s up to Nexus creator Donovan to find the hacker?and a solution?before all hell breaks loose. And in a masterful sweep of storytelling, author Dan Needles does not stop there?instead, the story builds up further, revealing a vast conspiracy that involves governments and putting countless people at the risk of death.?Terminal Connection? is one of those rare suspense thrillers that deeply move you?author Needles? writing throbs with an undercurrent of deep emotion that propels his characters, making them pulse with humanity and as believable as the guy sitting next to you. The author?s expert handle of the technology enthrals you on one hand, while the novel?s emotional gravitas keeps you hooked on the other hand, making this book an incredibly entertaining read and one I highly recommend to fans of Crichton or anyone who wants good old high-quality science fiction. This book deserves all the five-star ratings it receives.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I am usually extremely critical towards scifi plots. However, I found Terminal Connection an extremely interesting plot. It was unique story with interesting characters that keeps you read. It's not your typical cyber punk story. I'd definitely recommend reading.

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