03683cam a2200697 i 4500 1892791064 TxAuBib 20250127120000.0 240509s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023281495 9780063221987 hardcover 0063221985 hardcover TxAuBib rda Taylor, Brad, 1965-, author. The devil's ransom / Brad Taylor. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] ©2023. 417 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Pike Logan novel, A ; 17 "Conducting a routine cover development trip to Tajikistan, Pike and Jennifer learn that Afghanistan has fallen, and there's a man on the run. One that has done more for the United States in Afghanistan than anyone else. Pulled in to extract him, Pike collides headlong into a broader mystery: His covert company, along with every other entity in the Taskforce, has been hit with a ransomware attack, and there's some connection between the Taliban and the hack. Given the order to track down the perpetrators, he has no idea that the problem set is much, much larger and more dangerous than a simple attack on his organization. That hack was just a test-run, and the real one is coming soon, engendered by a former NSA specialist in the U.S. government. A man who wants to return to the bipolar world of the Cold War, the turncoat has cloaked his attack behind hackers from Serbia and Russia, and if successful, his target will alter the balance of power on the global stage. So far, the specialist has remained one step ahead of the Taskforce, but he has just made one massive mistake: hitting Pike Logan"-- Provided by publisher. 20250127. Logan, Pike Fiction. Logan, Pike. Cahill, Jennifer (Fictitious character) Fiction. Talibans Romans, nouvelles, etc. Taliban Fiction. Taliban. Internet and terrorism Fiction. Internet and terrorism. Intelligence officers Fiction. Intelligence officers. Cyberterrorism Fiction. Cyberterrorism. Special forces (Military science) Fiction. Special forces (Military science.) Special operations (Military science) Fiction. Terrorism Prevention Fiction. Internet et terrorisme Romans, nouvelles, etc. Officiers de renseignements Romans, nouvelles, etc. Cyberterrorisme Romans, nouvelles, etc. Forces spéciales (Science militaire) Romans, nouvelles, etc. Opérations spéciales (Science militaire) Romans, nouvelles, etc. Terrorisme Prévention Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION / Action & Adventure. FICTION / War & Military. bisacsh FICTION / Thrillers / Military. bisacsh FICTION / Thrillers / Political. bisacsh FICTION / Thrillers / Terrorism. bisacsh Special operations (Military science.) Terrorism Prevention. Thrillers (Fiction). . Action and adventure fiction. fast Fiction. fast Spy fiction. fast Novels. lcgft A Pike Logan novel ; 17.