This is a list of notable techno-thriller novels, novel series, and collections of linked short stories.
Significant techno-thriller authors and works
Author Title(s) Bond, Larry Vortex — a South African war that spreads to neighboring nations and ultimately involves Cuba and the United States. Cauldron — a French and German led European Confederation go to war with the US, Great Britain and several Eastern European countries over the Polish, Czech and others refusal to join the European Confederation - satellite weapons, military aircraft and nuclear weapons. Boush, Sam All Systems Down — cyber war Brown, Dale Flight of the Old Dog — laser technology Day of the Cheetah — fighter aircraft technology, espionage The Tin Man — body armor technology Brown, Dan Deception Point — about a discovery of a meteorite with "proof" of extraterrestrial life, microbotics, weapons technologies Digital Fortress — computer technologies Carr, Caleb Killing Time — disinformation society Condon, Richard The Manchurian Candidate — mind control Preston, Douglas and Child, Lincoln Relic — genetic manipulation, museum The Ice Limit — meteorite Mount Dragon Brimstone Dance of Death The Book of the Dead Clancy, Tom The Hunt for Red October — submarine technology, espionage Red Storm Rising (co-authored with aforementioned Larry Bond) — a (mostly conventional) third world war fought in Europe between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces, military technology The Cardinal of the Kremlin — Russia develops a version of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) missile-defense system Rainbow Six — modern counter-terrorism operations Coyle, Harold Team Yankee Crichton, Michael The Andromeda Strain — alien micro-organisms, microbiology, medicine Jurassic Park, The Lost World — cloning, dinosaurs, chaos theory Airframe — aerospace Prey (2002) — nanotechnology State of Fear — eco-terrorism Next — genetic research, criticism of patents Micro Deighton, Len The IPCRESS File — mind control DeSmedt, Bill Singularity Doctorow, Cory Little Brother — mass surveillance, hacking and government conspiracies, terrorism Harry, Eric Arc Light — a third world war including a large-scale nuclear exchange and the limited use of chemical and biological weapons. Invasion — a conventional Chinese invasion of the United States, infantry warfare. Hamilton, Peter Fallen Dragon — armor technology, warfare, bioengineering, economics, AI, hacking Kerr, Philip Gridiron — architecture, smart-building technology, feng shui A Philosophical Investigation — speculative neuropathology, philosophy, gender and criminal investigation The Second Angel Ludlum, RobertThe Arctic Event — bioweapons The Jason Bourne novels — mind control, memory erasure and conditioning Mayberry, Jonathan Patient Zero — military, terrorists, zombies, pathogens The Dragon Factory MacLean, Alistair The Satan Bug (1962) — bioweapons Nylund, EricA Signal Shattered Pavlou, Stel Decipher — nanotechnology, solar physics Gene — genetic engineering Peters, Ralph Red Army The War in 2020 Phelan, James Clancy Fox Hunt Patriot Act Reilly, Matthew Ice Station Area 7 Scarecrow Temple Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves Rollins, JamesSandstorm Deep Fathom Schätzing, FrankThe Swarm - Oceanography, Microbiology, Swarm intelligence Stephenson, NealCryptonomicon — encryption Reamde — hacking, MMORPG, encryption, Terrorism Suarez, Daniel Daemon (2006) — hacking, MMORPG, mixed & augmented reality, sensor systems, autonomous vehicles, Internet. Freedom™ — follow-up to Daemon Kill Decision — robots, war, drone technology Thomas, Craig Firefox — hypersonic fighter aircraft with stealth technology, the MiG-31 Firefox; film adaptation produced and directed by Clint Eastwood Firefox Down Wager, Walter Telefon — mind control, nuclear warfare
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