"This entertaining cyberworld techno-thriller set in Silicon Valley exudes noir-esque vibes."
Red Team Blues, Cory Doctorow’s acclaimed first Martin Hench novel, is a sensational sci-fi techno-thriller that transcends genres to present a crisply-voiced, finely-plotted story of cyberworld deception, crypto corruption, money-laundering mayhem and dirty drug cartel dealings.
At 67, Martin’s hugely successful career as a forensic accountant stems back to the founding of Silicon Valley. As a result, he knows everything there is to know about the folks who hide money, the folks who want to find it, and the kinds of measures both sets of folks take to achieve their respective goals.
For sure, Martin’s the kind of unique character you won’t have previously encountered on the page, or in real life, for that matter. A single guy who lives in a fully-furnished tour bus that used to belong to a rock star, Martin has always played an attacking role on the red team. But now, on a mission to find the key that’ll unlock a fortune in crypto currency, he finds himself forced to play on the blue team in defence: “when you’re on the blue team, you’ve got to be perfect, and the red team… merely has to find a single mistake”.
Terse and tense, Red Team Blues is a noir-ish page-turner, but not quite as you know them — it’s a super-succinct, super-thrilling ride of a read set in the moneyed microclimate of Silicon Valley.
| Primary Genre | Thriller and Suspense |
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2024 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST, BEST SF NOVELMoney-laundering, cyber-knavery and shell-company chicanery: Marty Hench is an expert in them all. He's Silicon Valley's most accomplished forensic accountant and well versed in the devious ways of Fortune 500s, divorcing oligarchs, and international drug cartels alike (and there's more crossover than you might imagine). **In cyber-security, RED TEAM plays attack.
Red Team Blues features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, Technothriller, Fiction, Crime and Mystery, Technothriller, Science Fiction
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Red Team Blues was written by Cory Doctorow and published by Head of Zeus an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Red Team Blues has 212 pages
Yes it is part of Red Team series
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