Mirage

By Don Passman

Book Overview

Cyber-encryption whiz John Berger competes in a weekend chess tournament. Returning to work the following Monday, he finds his office building destroyed by a bombing. Berger becomes the cops' prime suspect--all evidence of the chess tournament has disappeared. Only rookie FBI agent Jill Landis believes him. Together, they challenge a conspiracy whose secret weapon is more terrifying than the most powerful nuclear bomb. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446527246
• ISBN13: 9780446527248
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 1.0" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up

Customer Reviews

MIND CONTROL WITH DEADLY CONSEQUENCES

This is a very fast paced and excellent thriller. John Berger is a struggling computer encryption specialist on the verge of a breakthrough on the program he has been working on. One morning he goes to work only to find out that his office and building have been blown up. Everything starts to unravel at this point. His girlfriend Linda who was about to break up with him is missing, his job is on hold until the company...

couldn't put it down

I just read Mirage by Don Passman and it was a great read. It's about a brilliant computer cryptographer who is the unwitting victim of a brainwashing project, as the FBI engages a cult deprogrammer/mind control specialist to unlock what's in his mind. The book is a real page-turner which I definitely recommend. ...

Great Book, Recommend it!

I just read Mirage by Don Passman and it was a great read. It's about a brilliant computer cryptographer who is the unwitting victim of a brainwashing project, as the FBI engages a cult deprogrammer/mind control specialist to unlock what's in his mind. The book is a real page-turner which I definitely recommend. ...

An exciting thriller

A bomb explodes in the Los Angeles office of EXC. The law enforcement experts trace the location to the desk of computer cryptographer John Berger. A few hours later, a bomb erupts in Orlando. Though dissimilar in most ways and no terrorist group claims credit for either one, the FBI wonders if there is a link between the incidents.Not considered important enough, they assign the investigation to a minor leaguer, LA agent...

FAST-PACED ACTION THRILLER

Kenneth Combs is the director of a government project called MIRAGE, and after the project is shut down-he remains the only person with knowledge of the project...knowledge he will use for his own master plan.John Berger works for EXC, he is a computer cryptographer, and upon arriving to work one Monday morning he finds the building has been destroyed by an explosion. The explosion was caused by a bomb that has been traced...