01-01-00 : A Novel of the Millennium by Pineiro, R. J - 1999

Forge, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Forge. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0312870582 . 1st Edition (Stated), 1st Printing (complete number line), no names, no marks, no tears.; 6 1/2 " by 9 1/2 "Tall .

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 1999. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. At 1:01 A.M. Greenwich Mean Time on December 11, 1999, computer systems all around the globe freeze for twenty seconds, then return to normal. Susan Garnett, a senior analyst at the FBI's high-tech crime unit, scours the nation's networks for a virus that could have triggered the synchronized event. But her search yields only indecipherable code. The next day, nineteen days before the end of the millennium, at the exact same time, the freeze happens again - for nineteen seconds. The virus is counting down to the year 2000, when the world's computers will be at their most vulnerable point in history. Susan traces the virus's signal to its point of origin, an area near Tikal, the site of one of the largest and most advanced cities of the ancient Maya. How can such an advanced virus originate from a primitive region of the world? What type of global… Read More

Forge, New York, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 320 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Forge, New York, 1999. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has bumping to edges. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Slight spine lean. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: On December 11, 1999 computers around the globe freeze for 20 seconds. Susan Garnett, chief of the FBI's high-tech crimes unit, scours Washington's systems for a virus that could have triggered the shutdown. But her search yields only indecipherable code and the next day the freeze happens again. For 19 seconds. Someone with the world's technology at their fingertips is counting down to the new millenium. But why? As 01-01-00 approaches, Melissa descends into the jungles of Central America, tracing the virus signal to its point of origin-the ruins of an ancient Mayan city. As nuclear crisis and disease spiral out of control worldwide,… Read More