Become a Readings Member to make your shopping experience even easier. Sign in or sign up for free!

Become a Readings Member. Sign in or sign up for free!

Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre to view your orders, change your details, or view your lists, or sign out.

Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre or sign out.

The Leap Second
Paperback

The Leap Second

$36.99
Sign in or become a Readings Member to add this title to your wishlist.

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

A North Korean spy. A US technology firm. A shady spy agency. The Chinese government. An aging mathematician who escaped the Nazis.

What links them all?

When advanced encryption software is needed for sensitive communications, strapping the system to a commercial satellite might be the only option for the US government. But this leaves them potentially exposed and there are operatives who would exploit any weakness for their own gains.

And when a weakness is exposed, disaster threatens as quick as a second.

Read More
In Shop
Out of stock
Shipping & Delivery

$9.00 standard shipping within Australia
FREE standard shipping within Australia for orders over $100.00
Express & International shipping calculated at checkout

MORE INFO
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Olympia Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Date
23 February 2023
Pages
336
ISBN
9781800748132

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

A North Korean spy. A US technology firm. A shady spy agency. The Chinese government. An aging mathematician who escaped the Nazis.

What links them all?

When advanced encryption software is needed for sensitive communications, strapping the system to a commercial satellite might be the only option for the US government. But this leaves them potentially exposed and there are operatives who would exploit any weakness for their own gains.

And when a weakness is exposed, disaster threatens as quick as a second.

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Olympia Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Date
23 February 2023
Pages
336
ISBN
9781800748132