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Book Review of SIMPLE SIMON

SIMPLE SIMON
SIMPLE SIMON
Author: Ryne Douglas Pearson
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Audio Cassette
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Sixteen-year-old Simon is autistic but very good at puzzles. When he breaks the main computer code for the National Security Agency (NSA), he is perceived as a threat. After the NSA's first attempt kills his parents, Simon is befriended by a Chicago FBI agent, Art Jefferson. The NSA then tries to eliminate Jefferson, first manipulating FBI charges against him, then arranging his wife's arrest. Running from the NSA and the FBI, Jefferson and Simon are then beset by a Japanese assassin with a taste for sadistic methods. The action culminates in a shoot-out on top of Chicago's Sears Tower and a fiery crash over Lake Michigan. Action-packed and fast-paced, with pungent prose, Pearson's latest novel is a cyberthriller that keeps the reader flipping pages frantically. You'll love it!!