Prepare for an adrenaline-fueled race against time in the heart-pounding thriller "Metabyte" by the masterful Cat Connor! SSA Ellie Iverson finds herself thrust into a nightmare as her world collapses around her. Her niece is snatched away, her husband’s brother vanishes without a trace, and deceased agents inexplicably resurface in strange places across the city, only to meet their demise once again. With every alarm bell ringing in her head, Iverson's internal alert system goes off the scale. Enigmatic clues and cryptic codes left behind by a missing colleague and her own brother-in-law paint a chilling picture of a massive breach in sensitive FBI data. The sudden death of a team member leaves Delta A reeling, pushing Iverson to the edge. Two extraordinary new agents, possessing talents akin to her own, join the team, raising the stakes and amplifying the urgency of their mission. As Iverson delves into her niece's digital footprint, a horrifying network begins to emerge, its sinister activities lurking in the shadows of the dark corners of the internet. Under the watchful directive of the FBI Director and armed with the formidable Wayward Son Protocol, Iverson and Delta A embark on a relentless pursuit to untangle the leads that weave through the treacherous realm of the darknet. Their objective: stem the relentless flow of death and bring her family back from the clutches of evil. In the ninth installment of the electrifying "-byte" series, Cat Connor once again delivers a mind-bending thriller that will leave you breathless. Prepare to be immersed in a world where danger lurks at every turn, secrets are unveiled in heart-stopping twists, and the race to save loved ones becomes a battle for survival. Brace yourself for a rollercoaster ride of suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final, pulse-pounding climax.

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If you have ever looked at a fantastic adventure or science fiction movie, or an amazingly complex and rich computer game, or a TV commercial where cars or gas pumps or biscuits behaved liked people and wondered, “How do they do that?”, then you’ve experienced the magic of 3D worlds generated by a computer. 3D in computers began as a way to represent automotive designs and illustrate the construction of molecules. 3D graphics use evolved to visualizations of simulated data and artistic representations of imaginary worlds. In order to overcome the processing limitations of the computer, graphics had to exploit the characteristics of the eye and brain, and develop visual tricks to simulate realism. The goal is to create graphics images that will overcome the visual cues that cause disbelief and tell the viewer this is not real. Thousands of people over thousands of years have developed the building blocks and made the discoveries in mathematics and science to make such 3D magic possible, and The History of Visual Magic in Computers is dedicated to all of them and tells a little of their story. It traces the earliest understanding of 3D and then foundational mathematics to explain and construct 3D; from mechanical computers up to today’s tablets. Several of the amazing computer graphics algorithms and tricks came of periods where eruptions of new ideas and techniques seem to occur all at once. Applications emerged as the fundamentals of how to draw lines and create realistic images were better understood, leading to hardware 3D controllers that drive the display all the way to stereovision and virtual reality.

Despite the proliferation of new communications technologies, the decades-old satellite industry is shifting with the times. Now in its second edition, this guide addresses the myriad aspects of the technology in its current form and explores the paths it is expected to take in the future.

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