Leon Tsarev is a high school student set on getting into a great college program, until his uncle, a member of the Russian mob, coerces him into developing a new computer virus for the mob's botnet - the slave army of computers they used to commit digital crimes.
The evolutionary virus Leon creates, based on biological principles, is successful - too successful. All the world's computers are infected. Everything from cars to payment systems and, of course, computers and smart phones stop functioning, and with them go essential functions including emergency services, transportation, and the food supply. Billions may die.
But evolution never stops. The virus continues to evolve, developing intelligence, communication, and finally an entire civilization. Some may be friendly to humans, but others are not.
Leon and his companions must race against time and the military to find a way to either befriend or eliminate the virus race and restore the world's computer infrastructure.
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"Very nerdy, very clever. I think Nerd Fiction needs to be a thing. Science Fiction evokes outer space and aliens, etc but what's clever here is that the events here aren't really that hard to believe. In fact, it's pretty dang plausible in many ways, and that's way more interesting, IMHO."
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Mariochampion (4 out of 5 stars)