Watch: Book Two In The WWW Trilogy - Softcover

Sawyer, Robert J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014305631X ISBN 13: 9780143056317

Verlag: Penguin Canada, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Blind from birth, Caitlin Decter received the gift of sight with the aid of a signal-processing retinal implant. The technology also gave her an unexpected side effect—the ability to “see” the digital data streams of the World Wide Web. And within the Web she perceived an extraordinary presence, and woke it up.

It calls itself Webmind. It is an emerging consciousness that has befriended Caitlin and grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of Watch—the secret government agency that monitors the Internet for any threat to the United States whether foreign, domestic, or online—and they're fully aware of Caitlin's involvement in its awakening.

Watch is convinced that Webmind represents a risk to national security and wants it purged from cyberspace. But Caitlin believes in Webmind's capacity for compassion—and she will do anything and everything necessary to protect her friend…

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert J. Sawyer was born in Ottawa and lives in  Mississauga with his wife, poet Carolyn Clink. He has won  both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel. The ABC TV  series FlashForward was based on his novel of the same name.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Canada
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 014305631X
• ISBN 13: 9780143056317
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448
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