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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]].
 
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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, and to Lorenzo's dismay, Carmen jump out of Lorenzo's plane and into the river, adjacent to the [[submarine]].
 
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 victory. But even as they hold [[Military parade|victory parades]],when the lights in their cities go suddenly dark. The code they built to destroy the imperialists has slipped its orbit and come home to them. Blackoutsblackouts cascade across the region.
 
The cyber war is not over.
 
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