A Quiet Life
A Novel
by William Cooper; Michael McKinley
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Pub Date Sep 10 2024 | Archive Date Sep 10 2024
Skyhorse Publishing | Arcade
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Description
Michael Housen is living a typical, white-collar American life at a security company when he falls for a phishing campaign with dire implications. One click, and suddenly the US is under marshal law and bombing Tehran.
Michael unknowingly triggered a cyberattack by Iranian hackers, which a belligerent President Davis uses as pretext for war against Iran. Michael blinks and he and his wife, Pam, are thrown into private prisons owned by the president, a multibillionaire tycoon. This ordinary couple suddenly must answer a harrowing question: What do you do when the enemy of the state is you? And they find themselves cooperating with extraordinary partners, from right-wing militias to Iranian documentarians, as they work to clear their names and stop the global conflict that Michael set off with an unwitting click.
Written by a renowned cybersecurity attorney and a bestselling author, A Quiet Life is a cyberthriller for the times that we all live in, and how we can lose everything on the strength of a lie. And how once we start fighting back, we cannot stop.
Advance Praise
Praise for Will Cooper and Michael McKinley
“Silky and dangerous. This is noir they way they did it back when they really did it."
—Don Winslow, author of The Power of the Dog
“A compelling rallying cry for democratic institutions under threat in America [and] perfect for readers eager for a non-partisan analysis of the threat to American democracy.”
—Publishers Weekly
“[Cooper’s] reasoned tone and bipartisan critiques are a welcome perspective in an increasingly polarized and heated political landscape.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“[McKinley's] voice is energetic and offbeat and his get-real revelations will hold readers’ attentions.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A fascinating read.”
—Toronto Star
"Cooper is an insightful and thought-provoking writer. He deserves to be widely read.”
—Thomas Plate, bestselling author of Conversations With Lee Kuan Yew, op-ed columnist, South China Post
"Ken Dryden's The Game rewritten by Hunter Thompson."
—The Globe and Mail
"Unusually honest."
—CT Post
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781648210334 |
| PRICE | $26.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 264 |
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