Dead Links (An Internet Thriller) [Kindle Edition]

I just bought this book as it was free, but much to my delight I really enjoyed it, could hardly put it down and I was barracking for the heroine. An unusual twist on cults, but could be scary if someone did this for real.

Can the Internet kill you? That's the question posed in Dead Links, an exciting and engaging thriller that hooked me from beginning to end.

Internet addiction has become a problem in recent years thanks to the boom of the World Wide Web, but (to my knowledge) no one has actually died from it. In Dead Links that starts to change thanks to a site called Araknee. It's sort of like what you'd get if Facebook and Amazon merged--a gigantic social network and marketplace. To some people it's more than just a website--it's a religion!

Ace reporter Amanda Katt visits Araknee's headquarters and gets a creepy vibe from the place. When she asks one question too many and refuses to turn in their prewritten article, she gets tossed out. In turn she writes a scathing article about the place for her magazine. This sets off a firestorm for Amanda, leading to several assassination attempts by Araknee cult members. Worse yet is when her own fiancee becomes an Araknee addict. Can Amanda stop the site before it takes over the world?

I don't know how plausible the scenario actually is, but the author makes it feel plausible enough. Amanda is the kind of plucky, take-charge heroine more books should incorporate, one who doesn't need bailed out by a big strong man all the time.

I'm not sure if Amanda is going to have any other adventures, but I would read them.

That is all.

Jonathan Seers was once an eminent Psychiatric practitioner until He lost his medical license. Several of his patients had committed suicide and others lost there minds to madness as a direct result of his research. Unfortunately the government found a place for him in one of there black project on mind Funding as it often does ran out. The project was killed and Jonathan was cut loose. With a background in manipulation, a need for control and a decided lack of moral compass the internet was just the perfect place for him to be. With a room full of super computers and a brand new artificial intelligence, Araknee was born and there seemed that there was nothing to stop him, until. Until a tenacious Net reporter, Amanda Katt, started looking for answers to the right questions in the right places.
An interesting story that flows pretty well. The tech is believable and the action fairly good,realistic and coherent. Characters for the most part are well drawn.