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Brighton Publishing releases print edition of “The Zeus Payload”
by novelist Steven G. Jackson
“Spinning an irresistible mix of technology and terror, novelist Steven G. Jackson has secured his place
among the top-ranking suspense writers in his genre”
MESA (AZ)—Brighton Publishing LLC is pleased to announce the print release of novelist Steven G. Jackson’s latest
work, “The Zeus Payload.”
The Zeus Payload is now available in eBook and print formats, through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other leading
retailers nationwide. The print version is distributed through Ingram, the world’s largest wholesale book distributor, in
addition to being available worldwide through the Xerox Espresso Book Machine network.
Synopsis: Nick King is a computer programmer and the lead technologist at his grandfather’s company, Gordon Defense
Technology. When he’s not developing sophisticated security software for private and
government clients, Nick and his friend and roommate, Dean Wright, travel to the
Middle East in search of the terrorist responsible for the 1983 Beirut embassy bombing
that killed Nick’s parents. Nick has promised his grandfather, Anthony Gordon, a
former CIA operative, that he will find and kill the terrorist, Saleh, before his
grandfather dies from heart failure and dementia.
When Nick is approached by CIA agents to complete his work on a cyberweapon that
can infiltrate any computer system without being detected, he does so with the
understanding that the technology will be used to protect the United States from future
cyber-attacks. While completing the computer worm, King uncovers evidence of
espionage and conspiracy within the CIA, with a trail that leads back to the Nazi Party.
King, not knowing who to trust, and realizing the unstoppable power his product would
bring to whomever controls it, commits treason, and removes the worm from the
classified facility.
As the consequences of his creation are revealed to Nick, he goes on the run with Dean
and a NSA agent, Tanya Rose, who originally accused Nick of being involved with the
terrorist organization that killed her brother in Benghazi.
Saleh has been orchestrating the cyberweapon’s development for his own purposes, and plans to use it to attack the United
States. Saleh lures King to Beirut, where their drama began thirty years earlier, and King must fight off Saleh, al-Qaeda,
the CIA, the NSA, a white supremacist group, rogue agents, and assassins, to keep the ultimate cyber weapon out of the
wrong hands, and keep the promise he made to his grandfather.
...As if there are any right hands.
“In a gritty, high-tech tale of technology and terror, author Steven G. Jackson delivers the perfect geo-political blend of
covert ops and conspiracies. Jackson is securing his place among the top- ranking suspense writers in his genre. Add the
name Steven G. Jackson to the ranks of Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton.” said Kathie McGuire, director of Brighton
Publishing LLC. “Jackson spins an irresistible mix of technology and terror.”
Award-winning novelist Steven G. Jackson holds a Master’s Degree in Professional Writing from USC, and lives with his
family and his yellow lab “Bear” in Southern California. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern
California Writers Association.
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