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In a near‑future New York City, fourteen‑year‑old computer genius Sam Wilson hacks into the AT&T network, setting off a chain of events that profoundly affect human activity throughout the world.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Science Fiction/Cyberpunk
Authors: Brian Falkner
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