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'''''All Systems Down''''' is a 2018 [[techno-thriller]] novel by American writer [[Sam Boush]]. The novel deals with a [[cyberwarfare]] attack on Western countries, focusing on three groups of characters in the [[United States]].▼
▲'''''All Systems Down''''' is a 2018 [[techno-thriller]] novel by American writer Sam Boush. The novel deals with a [[cyberwarfare]] attack on Western countries, focusing on three groups of characters in the [[United States]].
==Plot==
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At the same time, Xandra has flown across the country with a civilian pilot, Lorenzo, and his daughter Carmen. Each of the several groups has faced enormous challenges with the collapse of modern technology, fleeing and fighting as necessary, to finally converge at the home of Brendan and Vailea. There they concoct a plan not just to survive the cyber war, but to hit back against the enemy.
Kelly and Orion had spotted a Russian submarine in the [[Willamette River]], which leads Xandra to reformulate some of the code the North Koreans used to dismantle the [[US Navy]]. Brendan, Xandra, Kelly
When Xandra is shot, she gives Brendan a [[thumb drive]] with the code, and with Kelly's help they sneak onto the submarine and upload the [[malware]] to the Russian [[Naval fleet|intrafleet]] computer. The code does more damage than they could have hoped for. Not only does it disable the Russian submarine, but it also spreads across the [[Naval fleet|armada]].
In North Korea and in [[China]], the hacking units are celebrating their
==Reception==
The book was well received by most critics, including [[Kirkus Reviews]] which called it "a tightly plotted tale",<ref name=Kirkus>{{cite web|author=Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sam-boush/all-systems-down/ |title=Fiction review: All Systems Down |publisher=Kirkus|date=2018-01-22 }}</ref> and the [[Bend Bulletin]] which declared "The threats and situations … could almost be ripped from recent news headlines."<ref name=Bulletin>{{cite web|author=Kim Himstreet |url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/entertainment/6030849-151/fact-meets-fiction-in-new-cyberwar-thriller |title=Fact meets fiction in new cyberwar thriller |publisher=The Bend Bulletin |date=2018-03-01 }}</ref>
Positive reviews also came from [[The Good Men Project]],<ref name=GoodMen>{{cite
==Background==
In 2019, Lakewater Press announced it was going out of business<ref name=Lakewater>{{cite web |author=Lakewater |url=http://www.lakewaterpress.com/ |title=We Are Closing Down |date=2019-11-22 |accessdate=2020-01-29 |archive-date=2020-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130033736/http://lakewaterpress.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and would not be publishing the sequel, ''All Threats Within''.
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:2018 American novels]]
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