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Booklist Gives Zero Day a Glowing Review

March 9, 2011 | post a comment | Mark Russinovich

Booklist Gives Zero Day a Glowing Review I'm proud and flattered to announce that Booklist, the review journal of the American Library Association, has just published a fantastic review of Zero Day: The horror of cyberterrorism explodes on the page in Russinovich’s first novel. A plane over the Atlantic suddenly… Read the Rest »

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Amazon Recommends I Buy Zero Day

March 9, 2011 | post a comment | Mark Russinovich

Amazon Recommends I Buy Zero Day In a surreal moment today, I opened my inbox to find an email from Amazon recommending that I buy Zero Day. Talk about targeted marketing!

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My Malware-Related Resources

March 7, 2011 | post a comment | Mark Russinovich

My Malware-Related Resources Given that Zero Day is a book about the threats posed by malware, I thought I’d post pointers to my other malware-related publications and presentations. Some show how to clean malware using the utilities I’ve written and others discuss operating system features designed to prevent malware infections… Read the Rest »

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Enter the Zero Day Book Giveaway Drawing

March 1, 2011 | 1 Comment | Mark Russinovich

Enter the Zero Day Book Giveaway Drawing Follow Zero Day on Facebook to enter the March 15 giveaway of 10 signed copies and a signed Advance Reviewer's Copy! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zero-Day/185004258197188

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My Interview with Bookpleasures.com

February 28, 2011 | post a comment | Mark Russinovich

My Interview with Book Pleasures.com I just did an interview about Zero Day with Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com, who a couple of weeks ago gave Zero Day a very positive review. Here's the link to the interview: http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/3238/1/Meet-Mark-Russinovich-Author-of-Zero-Day/Page1.html And here's the link to Norm's review: http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/3226/1/Mark-Russinovichs-Zero-Day-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html  

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The Road to Zero Day: Publisher to Publication

February 14, 2011 | post a comment | Mark Russinovich

The Road to Zero Day: Publisher to Publication (Continued from The Road to Zero Day: Agent to Publisher) I was hopeful that Zero Day might be published in 2009, but it wasn’t until March that the contract with Thomas Dunne Books was finalized and signed, and everyone tells me that… Read the Rest »

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The Road to Zero Day: Agent to Publisher

February 7, 2011 | post a comment | Mark Russinovich

The Road to Zero Day: Agent to Publisher (Continued from The Road to Zero Day: Idea to Manuscript) The books on novel writing I purchased had listings of agents, organized by genre. I initially targeted twenty specializing in thrillers, sending them a cover letter, bio sheet, and the first 50… Read the Rest »

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Zero Day!

January 19, 2010 | 5 Comments | Mark Russinovich

Zero Day! I'm proud and excited to announce the upcoming publication of my first novel, Zero Day! I had the idea for Zero Day almost eight years ago and it's been a long journey from then through finishing a first draft, finding an agent, finding a publisher and now anticipating… Read the Rest »


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Zero Day has been inducted into the Cybersecurity Canon
Zero Day is now part of the collection of books recognized as ones everyone interested in cybersecurity should read: The Cybersecurity Canon

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“In Russinovich’s well-crafted third Jeff Aiken novel (after 2012′s Trojan Horse), the cyber security specialist must contend with insider trading, long cons, and multimillion-dollar thefts”