Brighton Publishing Signs Novelist Steven G. Jackson

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - Jan. 18, 2015 - PRLog -- MESA (AZ)—Brighton Publishing LLC announced the signing of novelist Steven G. Jackson for “The Zeus Payload.”

With this spine-chilling techno-thriller of political/CIA intrigue, Jackson is securing his place among the top- ranking suspense writers in his genre.

The Zeus Payload:Nick King, a brilliant computer engineer who watched his parents perish in the 1983 US Embassy bombing in Beirut, is in Benghazi looking for Saleh, the terrorist responsible. After years in hiding, Saleh is determined to lead al-Qaeda, and after covertly leading US forces to bin-Laden, he orchestrates the terrorist attack on the US Consulate, and a global chase begins anew.

Little did King realize, Saleh is also in pursuit of King, who holds the key to Saleh’s return to power.

King, who led the CIA team that developed the Stuxnet and Flame worms deployed in Iran, returns to his ailing grandfather’s defense technology company and, defying an order from The White House, builds a next-generation computer worm, The Zeus Payload. The Zeus Payload is designed to infiltrate any computer network and control it, while being undetectable. King believes his cyber weapon will be used by the CIA to stop terrorism.

While completing the computer worm, King uncovers evidence of espionage and conspiracy within the CIA. Not knowing who to trust, and realizing the unstoppable power his product would bring to whoever controls it, he commits treason, and removes the worm from the classified facility.

Saleh has been orchestrating the cyber weapon’s development for his own purposes, and plans to use it to attack the United States. Saleh ultimately lures King to Beirut, where their drama began thirty years earlier, and King must fight off Saleh, al-Qaeda, the CIA, the NSA, a white supremacist group, rogue agents, and assassins to keep the ultimate cyber weapon out of the wrong hands.

As if there are any right hands.

“Add the name Steven G. Jackson to the ranks of Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton” said Kathie McGuire, director of Brighton Publishing LLC. “Jackson spins an irresistible mix of technology and terror.”

Award-winning novelist Steven G. Jackson holds a Master’s Degree in Professional Writing from USC, and lives with his family and his yellow lab “Bear” in Southern California. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern California Writers Association.