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A review by sebby_reads
The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton, James Patterson
4.0
I admit I chose this book by its title. Very much interesting, both the title and the co-author of the book are. This is my first Patterson. I’ve seen so many of his books at the store but never tried before. And former US President, Bill Clinton, co-wrote this? I had to read this!!!
It’s about America under threat for a computer virus which wasn’t made to steal any data or corrupt the data but to wipe out the entire nation’s data and shut down the communication systems. The President sneaked out of the White House in disguise to meet with someone to negotiate the deal at a baseball game. And it all goes south from there. Not only to solve this cyberterrorism, he has to find a traitor in his administration who leaked the sensitive information.
Nowadays, we are doing almost everything systemised and we gotta agree that our day to day operations become rapidly advanced. At the same time, together with the advancement, we have become vulnerable. We are so reliant to the technology and communication system that we can’t process anything or we can’t possibly move forward without those digitally stored data and the connectivity to access them. That becomes our vulnerability.
The good political thriller based on modern technology is quite rare to find. I haven’t read a good political thriller since Dan Brown’s Digital Fortress. (It‘s still one of my favourites.) This book could be my second favourite political thriller. Coincidentally, I was in the midst of watching, Designated Survivor, a US political drama, on Netflix. I was picturing some characters from the series as some from the book. As mentioned in the back cover, Clinton’s insider secrets and Patterson’s storytelling genius make this the political thriller of the decade. 4 out of 5 stars.
It’s about America under threat for a computer virus which wasn’t made to steal any data or corrupt the data but to wipe out the entire nation’s data and shut down the communication systems. The President sneaked out of the White House in disguise to meet with someone to negotiate the deal at a baseball game. And it all goes south from there. Not only to solve this cyberterrorism, he has to find a traitor in his administration who leaked the sensitive information.
Nowadays, we are doing almost everything systemised and we gotta agree that our day to day operations become rapidly advanced. At the same time, together with the advancement, we have become vulnerable. We are so reliant to the technology and communication system that we can’t process anything or we can’t possibly move forward without those digitally stored data and the connectivity to access them. That becomes our vulnerability.
The good political thriller based on modern technology is quite rare to find. I haven’t read a good political thriller since Dan Brown’s Digital Fortress. (It‘s still one of my favourites.) This book could be my second favourite political thriller. Coincidentally, I was in the midst of watching, Designated Survivor, a US political drama, on Netflix. I was picturing some characters from the series as some from the book. As mentioned in the back cover, Clinton’s insider secrets and Patterson’s storytelling genius make this the political thriller of the decade. 4 out of 5 stars.