{"product_id":"9780991643745","title":"The Hacker Chronicles","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Hacker Chronicles\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAn Aloysius Wachter Detective Novel\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAloysius Wachter, a clandestine hacker forced by circumstances to turn amateur detective, recounts several of his adventures that begin with spotting a murder on his first night on the job at a city agency that monitors everyone and everything through a 10,000 camera system.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe improbable hero starts sleuthing to save a beautiful young woman falsely suspected of the crime. He battles disbelieving cops, feds and Israeli hit men, and soon he’s being chased by Chinese cyber-spies and Russian hackers in episodes ripped from 21st Century headlines.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHelping him are two pals: Vassily, a Russian hacker on the run from his former gang, and Michelle, Vassily’s girlfriend, a Chinese hacker who used to work for the People’s Liberation Army. By the end of their adventures, Vic, Vassily and Michelle muse that their lives seem like a bizarro tale out of Alexander McCall Smith’s imagination, jokingly calling themselves the No. 1 Hackers Detective Agency.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Padraig Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116191531248,"sku":"9780991643745","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780991643745_p0.jpg?v=1763946101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780991643745","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}