Firewall, Andrew Watts
Firewall, Andrew Watts
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Firewall

Author: Andrew Watts

Narrator: Michael Wolff

Unabridged: 10 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/23/2021


Synopsis

When a scientist at the world’s top AI company is murdered, a covert CIA operative must recruit a former love interest to help uncover the killer.Nations and corporations alike are racing to dominate the world’s artificial intelligence industry … by whatever means necessary.With its genius CEO and breakthrough technology, the Silicon Valley-based Pax AI Corporation is one of the hottest companies in the sector. But when one of Pax AI’s top scientists is murdered at a prestigious tech conference, company executives and foreign spies are all on the suspect list.In the aftermath of the killing, CIA officer Colt McShane has been assigned to a joint counterintelligence unit based in San Francisco. The unit’s leadership believes that an international espionage ring has been stealing classified technology from Pax AI.Now they want Colt to use his past relationship with Pax AI executive Ava Klein to penetrate the company’s inner circle, and uncover the mole.But as Colt learns more about Pax AI’s classified programs, he discovers just how powerful—and dangerous—their new technology can be. As the struggle for AI dominance grows ever more competitive, the factions vying for power are becoming desperate to achieve victory.In the fight for absolute power, there can be only one winner. Everyone involved has their own spies and secrets.Whose spy will win? And what secrets will they reveal?

About Andrew Watts

Andrew Watts is the USA Today bestselling author of several books, including The War Planners, Glidepath, and Firewall. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 2003 and served as a naval officer and helicopter pilot until 2013. During that time, he flew counternarcotic missions in the Eastern Pacific and counterpiracy missions off the Horn of Africa. He was a flight instructor in Pensacola, Florida, and helped to run ship and flight operations while embarked on a nuclear aircraft carrier deployed in the Middle East.

About Michael Wolff

Michael Wolff is the author of Burn Rate and The Man Who Owns the News, among other acclaimed books. He has written about the intersection of media, technology, and business for more than 25 years, for many outlets including Vanity Fair, USA Today, New York Magazine, the Guardian, Adweek, and Newser.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andreas

Wow, what an interesting and fascinating book. This is the first book in a new series about the CIA officer Colt McShane. The book is part technothriller part spy novel and the story is about the race to dominate the world's AI industry. The Americans, the Chinese, the Russians and the Israelis are......more

Goodreads review by Bill

I read and enjoyed Andrew Watts’ War Planner techno-thriller series. Andrew has surpassed his earlier success with Firewall – a complex, riveting techno-thriller revolving around the global race to develop and control AI technology. The story is well developed and fast-paced, with fascinating charac......more

I cannot get enough of this supposed AI of the future + espionage; it’s just fun…This story is very well written, with bits of humor and great descriptions of the locales and players. If you’re not sure whom to trust, what your chances are that anyone is telling the truth while adding the stress of......more

Listened on Audible. Liked the characters, twists kept up until the last paragraph of the book, and fascinated by the info on AI provided to move the plot along. Very entertaining to me. Reader was okay to listen to but not my favorite.......more


Quotes

“Murder, espionage, and technology collide at breakneck speed in this tightly plotted and fast paced thriller. I absolutely loved it.”  Jason Kasper, USA Today bestselling author of The Enemies of My Country