Michael Stephen Fuchs: 3 books

The world's most elite counter-terrorist operators. A cyber-security guru suddenly getting shot at and blown up rather more than usual. And nuclear-armed terrorists rolling with impunity through a lawless and brutal virtual world. Get Ready for D-BOYS. The year is now. Islamist terrorists...

On the way we meet a gun-toting urban professional with a weakness for internet discussion groups; a chemistry student turned online drug dealer; a pair of slacker post-grads; a federal agent on the take; a cadre of well-armed mercenaries; an unstoppable hitman; and a gang of trigger-happy young Taoists. This...

So says a woman with an axe pressed to her neck, and the solution to the entire mystery of human existence clutched between her palms. Two weeks earlier, Kate Quinlan was just your average British expat with a PhD, working in Silicon Valley as an artificial-intelligence designer for ultra-violent...