BREAKPOINT (NOVEL)


'Breakpoint' is a cyberpunk science fiction novel by former United States intelligence and counterterrorism official Richard A. Clarke.[1] It is his second novel.
The book paints dystopic prediction of the future.[2]
It was recently featured on the Colbert Report.[3]
'PLOT:'
A Series of explosions occur at seemingly unimportant sites in the United States. These sites happen to be the locations where transatlantic cables from Europe and Asia reach the U.S. essentially cutting the U.S. off from the world, at least via the internet. The attacks are immediately blamed on the Chinese. Two investigators are sent to investigate the incidents, with this assumption in mind. The investigators soon uncover an underground science of genomics and nanotech working on human-computer integration.
'Errors:'
Pg 150: Jin Two, drop to angles thirty-eight.mis-spelling, should read angels thirty-eight
pg 152: I count four more targets at angles three-eight. mis-spelling, should read angels thirty-eight
pg 212: ...then we can all act out Heinlein's ''Revolt in 2300'' factual error, actual title is: Revolt in 2100

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