ZERO TRUST

Helen Hanson

Oct 2022 · The Fender Hacker Thriller Series Book 2 · Domino INK

About this ebook

On the run, with no one to trust.

When young Solomon witnesses a brutal murder, the boy runs for his life. A satchel full of cash gives him the means to exist but also makes him a target. His mama always said a ruthless man with a jagged ear planned to do them harm. Unaware of the satchel’s true value, Sol is alone and desperate to survive.

While a small band of robotics employees develop game-changing products, their design schematics show up for sale on the dark web. Suspecting it’s an inside job, the high-tech startup must apprehend the traitor before the loss cripples the company. Baxter Cruise hires half siblings, Maggie and Travis Fender, to investigate the devastating breach and expose the industrial spy. While Maggie works inside and undercover to identify the thief, Travis taps his talent and allies to scour the dark web for evidence.

Doggedly, the man with a jagged earlobe hunts for Solomon’s mother to bring her to justice. Now his trail leads to the dangerous shores of the Pacific Ocean, where everyone harbors a dark secret.

Ratings and reviews

As usual Helen Hanson delivers! A web of plots explode into a page turning thriller that captures the reader. A young child, Sol, innocently brings a criminal faction into his life. His mother is murdered in public view and now Sol is running for his life. Hungry and needing shelter, Sol camps in a secluded area very close to the house of Travis and Maggie Fender. Meanwhile, Maggie and Travis, independent cyber investigators, are on the trail of a software thief for a client - a trail which has already involved murder and threats. Helen Hanson expertly weaves the two plots into a single thread of suspense and mayhem. This novel catches you and holds you until the breath stopping conclusion. I voluntarily reviewed this book from a copy supplied at no charge by the publisher.

Zero Trust mixes elements of technology, espionage and danger to create a world of intrigue. A new business started by Fender Hacker and his sister to utilize his white hat computer skills. There is an unexpected encounter with a small child is on the run for his life which inadvertently involves Fender, his sister and friends. They don’t even know they are his lifeline as he runs from danger. Helen Hanson’s books are always an adventure Zero Trust does not disappoint! It is an excellent book

Review of Zero Trust by Helen Hanson In this story: Two men are chasing a mother and a child, each for different reasons. A man is about to deliver money, surreptitiously, to someone he has not met. He suddenly becomes quite ill and in his haste to get help for himself, drops the satchel containing the money. A young woman and her brother have joined forces to solve cyber crimes. How in the world can all those people fit in one story? Helen Hanson presents each of them in their roles so well that there can be no doubt that each of them is exactly where s/he needs to be. To say that is a many faceted story is stating the obvious. There is mystery, danger, lust, love and resolution (with a caveat or two), everything that makes a good read. To make it even more pleasurable, Hanson's talented writing makes the characters easy to know and puts the reader in the action, wherever it takes place. If you like a really good mystery I highly recommend this one

About the author

I write page-blistering thrillers about desperate people with a techno bent. For source material, I ran software projects, built video games, and crawled through corners of the dark net. For fun, I flew a Mooney over the Golden Gate Bridge, sped at 100+ mph over Highway 17 in a 911, and helped the police solve a hit-and-run. I even tracked down the offending vehicle. Filed under miscellaneous, I can mimic the sound of most farm animals, song lyrics often haunt me for days, and the sound of crunching leaves under my bike tires is pure music

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