MEET THE
DESTROYING ANGEL

Of course, he doesn't know that's about to be his job. Yet. He's just been killing time finding boobytrapped software.

Secret trap doors have been planted in word processors, spreadsheets and Web browsers by their creators, unknown to the manufacturers. These "keys under the doormat" make everyone easy prey for a self-aware computer program bent upon self-preservation. In his first novel, Rick Bennett does for hacking what Tom Clancy did for submarine warfare. And his Destroying Angel character may awaken in women what Anne Sullivan did by spelling "water" into Hellen Keller's hand. A great read, on a flight or afterward, in front of the fire.