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"Sidney Archer has the world. A husband she loves. Ajob at which she excels, and a cherished young daughter. Then, as aplane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes. Andsuddenly there is no one whom Sidney Archer can trust. Jason Archer is a rising young executive at Triton Global, the world'sleading technology conglomerate. Determined to give his family the bestof everything, Archer has secretly entered into a deadly game of catand mouse. He is about to disappear -- leaving behind a wife who mustsort out his lies from his truths, an air-crash investigation team thatwants to know why the plane he was ticketed on suddenly fell from thesky, and a veteran FBI agent who wants to know it all. From Seattle to Washington, D.C., fromNew Orleans to Maine, the hunt for Jason Archer follows a trail ascomplex as the world he lived and worked in -- a world of enormouslypowerful computers, a multimillion-dollar takeover deal, titanicfinancial standoffs, artificial intelligence, and the Internet. Withbrilliant minds colliding, ruthless men waging battles of intimidation,rainmakers going toe-to-toe with killers, and security specialistsmaking a fortune trying to plug the holes, the startling truth behindJason Archer's disappearance explodes into a sinister plot with themurder of the country's single most powerful  individual. Andsoon Archer's wife, Sidney, aided by the relentless and sharp-eyed FBIagent Lee Sawyer, will plunge straight into the violence that isleaving behind a trail of dead bodies and shocking, exposed secrets... Total Controlis a novel that displays a breathtaking inside knowledge of the legal,financial, and high-tech fields as well as a master storyteller's giftfor suspense and unforgettable characters -- from the courageous SidneyArcher to the egomaniacal head of Triton Global, to the soft-spokencomputer genius who is the company's number-one asset. And with a plotthat astounds from the first page to the last, Total Control achieves total success."