Mark Russinovich’s follow-up to Zero Day, Trojan Horse, due in September

Available for pre-order, Trojan Horse: A Novel, takes up where Zero-Day left off.

From the Amazon.com book description:

It’s two years post-Zero Day, and former government analyst Jeff Aiken is reaping the rewards for crippling al-Qaida’s attack on the computer infrastructure of the Western world.  His cyber – security company is flourishing, and his relationship with Daryl Haugen intensifies when she becomes a part of his team.

But the West is under the East’s greatest threat yet. The Stuxnet virus that successfully subverted Iran’s nuclear defense program for years is being rapidly identified and defeated, and Stuxnet’s creators are stressed to develop a successor.  As Jeff and Daryl struggle to stay together, they’re summoned to disarm the attack of a revolutionary, invisible trojan that alters data without leaving a trace.  As the trojan penetrates Western intelligence, the terrifying truth about Iran is revealed, and Jeff and Daryl find themselves running a desperate race against time to reverse it – while the fate of both East and West hangs in the balance.

Like Zero Day, Trojan Horse is a thrilling suspense story, a sober warning from one of the world’s leading experts on cyber-security, Microsoft’s Technology Fellow, Mark Russinovich.  Trojan Horse demystifies the dangerously realistic threat of a cyber-terrorism attack on the Western world, while chronicling the lengths through which one man and will go to stop it.

You can pre-order on Amazon.com.  Interesting, though, the Kindle and Hardcover versions say they’ll be released on September 4, 2012, while the Paperback version says, October 15, 2012.  Also, the Hardcover is cheaper than the Paperback?  Filed under things that make you scratch your head when it doesn’t really itch.

• Kindle version: Trojan Horse: A Novel ($11.99)
• Hard cover: Trojan Horse: A Novel ($14.22)
• Paperback: Trojan Horse: A Novel ($14.48)

There’s also a primary web site for Mark’s books, including “Trojan Horse”:

http://www.trojanhorsethebook.com/

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there’s a spiffy video ad for the book that uses the tag line (with full radio voice):

“The technology is the bullet.  Everyone is the target.”