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About the Author
Robert G. Ferrell is an information security geek, percussionist, bass guitarist, recording engineer, calligrapher, graphic artist, and author. His other works include Goblinopolis,
Chasing the Wind,
Infinity or Bust, the column "/dev/random" for ;Login: magazine, and various technical articles at Security Focus and
Information Security Magazine
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About Tangent
Tangent, the first book in the Scirlingarra series, is a
speculative fiction novel about a hacker named Ash who
makes his living as a freelance computer network penetration tester.
In the course of conducting a penetration analysis under contract to
the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Ash receives a mysterious
encrypted transmission that proves to be an extensive dossier on a project,
codenamed "Bellatrix," detailing the construction and operation of a quantum
computer that can calculate near-impossibly huge numbers in effectively no time at all.
As it happens, Ash is himself an enthusiastic amateur in the quantum computing
arena, and manages to incorporate the Bellatrix information into the
crude little machine he built in his basement. When a retired British physicist who
turns out to be over four billion years old provides him with the solution to one of the
fundamental questions of quantum physics, Ash modifies his quantum computer into
a time machine and teleportation device. With the help of his new girlfriend
Melody, who is enjoying a leave of absence after rescuing a planeload of passengers
from an aircraft that crashed as a result of an attack by Central American terrorists
bent on disrupting peace talks, Ash goes back in time a few days and prevents an
even more catastrophic terrorist attack from taking place.
Meanwhile, some super criminals from the 23rd century attempt to kill Alex, the four billion
year old scientist, and fail miserably. Turning their attention to Ash, they plot to
hijack his quantum rig to plant a bomb in deep space that will open up an
interdimensional portal for their private use, doing away with Ash and Melody, the only
witnesses, in the process, but are foiled by Alex--but not before Melody leads the
FBI on a cross-country wild goose chase and Ash has his house burglarized by the
U.S. Department of Defense. In the end, evil is vanquished by valor and the age-old
question, "What has duct tape got to do with true love?" is answered once and for all.
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