Trojan Horse: A Jeff Aiken Novel

Written by Mark Russinovich and Kevin Mitnick

Narrated by Johnny Heller

It's two years after the Zero Day attacks, and cyber-security analyst Jeff Aiken is reaping the rewards for crippling Al-Qaida's assault on the computer infrastructure of the Western world. His company is flourishing, and his relationship with former government agent Daryl Haugen has intensified since she became a part of his team.

But the West is under its greatest threat yet. A revolutionary, invisible trojan that alters data without leaving a trace---more sophisticated than any virus seen before---has been identified, roiling international politics. Jeff and Daryl are summoned to root it out and discover its source. As the trojan penetrates Western intelligence, and the terrifying truth about its creator is revealed, Jeff and Daryl find themselves in a desperate race to reverse it as the fate of both East and West hangs in the balance.

A thrilling suspense story and a sober warning from one of the world's leading experts on cyber-security, Trojan Horse exposes the already widespread use of international cyber-espionage as a powerful and dangerous weapon, and the lengths to which one man will go to stop it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Sep 4, 2012
• ISBN: 9781427231840

Mark Russinovich

MARK RUSSINOVICH works at Microsoft as a Technical Fellow, Microsoft’s senior-most technical position. A cofounder of Winternals, he joined Microsoft when the company was acquired in 2006. He is author of the novels Zero Day and Trojan Horse, the popular Sysinternals tools, coauthor of the Windows Internals book series, a contributing editor for TechNet Magazine, and a senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro Magazine. He lives in Washington State.

Reviews for Trojan Horse

[antao-3 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

As a technical manual excellent (this is my professional area). As a work of fiction, well... No believable characters whatsoever. The plot does get more and more ludicrous as the story lurches from one manufactured crisis to the other.

I don't really care how close it follows the Stuxnet worm Modus Operandi. A fiction book has got to follow up the rules of good fiction.

A really good non-fiction book on this: "Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power" by David Sanger.

[everfresh1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Interesting plot, authentic technical background (and I deal with security issues myself). But the writing is just not up to the task. It makes for quite boring reading, despite plot attractiveness. I enjoyed technical references the most, rather than narrative.

[lorune · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Was ok, but not as much fun as the first one, the main character trying to hero it out is not really something that feels fits for the idea i had of him.

Would probaly buy the next book of the author, but i hope thats more techincally oriented again.

[reesa111 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I won an ARC of Trojan Horse: A Novel by Mark Russinovich in a giveaway for free on Goodreads First/Reads- Wow* what an eye opener** Trojan Horse is a brilliant story... filled with enough action and suspense to have you flipping through the second half of this novel with no problems... Reesa***