Fail Deadly

This is the third book of the Mayfield/Napolitani series. Joe Mayfield is a smart, grounded financial wonk, Weezy Napolitani is an ascerbic, brilliant hacker and counter-hacker. Together they make a formidable and fascinating team. The series is set in the near future, maybe ten years hence. The wo......more

Even with the scientific and cultural advances we’ll experience in coming decades, the future, according to this author, will be far from calm and peaceful. Fortunately creative literary talent abounds in our future reading. In this third adventure with Louise (Weezy) Napolitani and Joe Mayfield, th......more

This third book in the Mayfield-Napolitani series is just as good as the first two. Rogers is an intelligent, sometimes lyrical writer who does a nice job walking the fine line between overexplaining technical issues and assuming the average reader is quite tech savvy. For this advanced-beginner tec......more

I thoroughly enjoyed the latest thriller in this gripping series set in the near-future. As usual, John Baird Rogers starts with exploding action and keeps the pace flying throughout the book. After the crash of a cutting-edge solar power system, Joe Mayfield and his lover, ultra-hacker (for the goo......more

Exciting modern day thriller. Plots are entertwined and active throughout the book. This book combines internet hacking/ransom demands/a world of internet hackers both good and bad... Added are parts of our world that is changing and evolving now and in the future. The protagonists, Weezy and Joe ar......more