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Zer0es by Chuck Wendig Publishing information: Hardback; 432 pages Publisher: Harper Voyager; 18 August 2015 ISBN: 978-0062351555 Series: Zer0es #1 Copy: Provided by publisher Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "An exhilarating thrill-ride through the underbelly of cyber espionage in the vein of David Ignatius’s The Director and the television series Leverage, CSI: Cyber, and Person of Interest, which follows five iconoclastic hackers who are coerced into serving the U.S. government. An Anonymous-style rabble rouser, an Arab spring hactivist, a black-hat hacker, an old-school cipherpunk, and an online troll are each offered a choice: go to prison or help protect the United States, putting their brains and skills to work for the government for one year. But being a white-hat doesn’t always mean you work for the good guys. The would-be cyberspies discover that behind the scenes lurks a sinister NSA program, an artificial intelligence code-named Typhon, that has origins and an evolutio...

Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig Publishing Information: Hardback; 346pgs Publisher: Del Rey; 4 Sept 2-15 ISBN: 9780804177665 Series: First novel after Return of the Jedi Reviewer: Tyson Amazon Synopsis: "Journey to The Force Awakens. The second Death Star is destroyed. The Emperor and his powerful enforcer, Darth Vader, are rumored to be dead. The Galactic Empire is in chaos. Across the galaxy, some systems celebrate, while in others Imperial factions tighten their grip. Optimism and fear reign side by side. And while the Rebel Alliance engages the fractured forces of the Empire, a lone Rebel scout uncovers a secret Imperial meeting…" Disney and the people behind Star Wars have decided that all of the books that made up the amazing Expanded Universe are no longer canon. What that means for most people who have spent years reading various novels that tell of the exploits of our favorite heroes and heroines is that you can forget everything you read in the last few decades...