Edgy and futuristic.
The future is now, and Joshua isn’t exactly sure why he is so instinctively good at, well, almost everything. A high school dropout, a former addict and an orphan, Joshua has defied the odds and made a name for himself both in the Virtual and in the Real. A skilled gamer with a mind for strategy and an unexpected sense of justice, Joshua, with the help of his best friend, has devised an impressive device with limitless applications. The tech, appropriately named Maelstrom, is worth millions, but its purpose is dubious. Hoping to distance himself from the potentially deadly weapon, Joshua resolves to fade into the darkness of the gang of hackers and miscreants that has become his family as soon as he gets Maelstrom into the buyer’s hands. But the sale of the weapon doesn’t go according to plan, putting everyone Joshua cares about in danger. Complicating matters is the tenacious Agent Vince Farrell, head of security at the Nevada State Military Zone. Farrell is smart and good at what he does, but underestimating Joshua’s skill might be his biggest mistake.
Edgy and futuristic, Zero-Day boasts a relentless pace that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Intense and meticulously realistic action scenes are paired with an intelligent plot, making for a story that gets better and more involved with each turn of the page. Joshua is a dynamic and exciting character whose emotional complexity and relatable lapses in judgment endear him to readers. Besides realistic worldbuilding, the author includes just enough minor details about people and places to make everything feel authentic. And if you live for the virtual world and near-future tech, Al Davidson leaves nothing unexplored as he fills this novel with invisibility-cloaked drones, economical virtual weddings, disease-curing nanomachines and some awesome character-defining nicknames. Packed with dark action, imaginative violence and a well thought out story, Zero-Day is a wild ride you’ll want to buckle in for!
