The God’s Eye View by Barry Eisler

9781503951518

418 Pages
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Release Date: February 2, 2016

Fiction, General Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Suspense, Government Agencies, NSA, Conspiracy, Action, Adventure, Violence, Attempted Rape

The National Security Agency Director, Theodore Anders has a computer program called The God’s Eye View. It taps into all cameras and video streams no matter who owns the device. They use it to spy on anyone and everyone. Evelyn Gallagher is a computer analyst and discovers several coincident accidents. After she revealed information about intelligent operatives, they either committed suicide or had a fatal accident. She becomes suspicious and brings her concerns to the Director. Now she has become a threat to the Director’s program, and he must send in his assassins before she moves from threat to problem.

The story is fast paced, the characters are mostly developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. While reading this book, Trigger warning: there is violence and an attempted rape. I felt like yelling at Evelyn. It was like watching someone in a horror movie opening a door and the monster on the other side. So many times, she did things that put herself into danger. The character of Manus, one of the assassins, shows that even a beast of a man has a heart. If you like thrilling action adventure with spies and assassins, you will enjoy reading this book.

I received a free copy from NetGalley. These types of novels scare me more than any horror novel ever could. NSA has a program called God's Eye View that is being used to track and follow everyone for no reason what so ever except for a power hungry NSA director's desires for blackmail. Great mystery. And the pages of sources listed at the end make it that much scarier.

I have enjoyed Barry's Rain series, but had a hard time getting into this book. The plot (plots) was confusing and their were too many characters to keep track of, all of them, except maybe the deaf boy, were criminals to some extent or another. Not really my kind of book.

“A mole could only avoid and evade the monitoring systems of which he was aware. Which made it crucial that almost no one be permitted to see the whole picture."

Great hook line from the book and that is what we all fear, that we are just small confused pieces. Barry got me with his first few John Rain novels and this book is written as well. Lots of fantasy if you have ever actually worked in this area but we READ FOR OUR fantasies right? :) Enjoy this one and expect a movie.

Computer based thriller. NSA surveillance at the root of the story. Could be from the evening news! Too many characters- would be better simplified

I liked the 'Rain' books much better. There were parts of this that just seemed a bit bizarre and I got lost a few times quite easily. Not one of his best works.

The subject matter of this book--government surveillance, terrorism, privacy, the United States spying on its own citizens through voice activated devices,etc...is literally ripped from today's headlines(the Wikileaks's dump of information concerning CIA and national security agencies surveilling U.S. citizen) and is eerily prescient. This isn't a dry exegesis of technological spycraft but an exciting which smoothly incorporates those issues. Highly Reccommended

Barry Eisler captured my attention within the first few pages by citing names stripped from today's NSA headlines. I was interested in the book simply because I love a good mystery, but I'm even more drawn to a conspiracy driven mystery that seems to give a glimpse to hidden networks and clearances mere civilians will never see. I work for our nation's government, and also am prone to wondering if there is more than meets the eye.

This story follows an NSA employee who knows too much and sees things she's not supposed to. Of course, she must be dealt with, and the person in charge of ordering that, appears to be someone who would not normally be suspected-unless of course, he has something to hide.

I didn't find the plot to be unbelievable. Interlaced in the story are code names for projects and programs that the NSA has in place, and the possibility for these to be a reality, made me question whether this book was fiction or non-fiction. I loved the suspense, the romance, and the outcome. Worth the time to read, and I would be interested in reading more of Eisler's work.