Customer Reviews
Fantastic! 
2000-10-10
I must have been reading a different book to the person below. I thought that Internet Spy was fantastic. Sure it was short but since when was size that important? It's a really enjoyable book.
If Amazon Would Give a Book Zero Stars... 
2000-02-02
I will keep this book forever as a reminder that books withfive star ratings from Amazon customer reviews can be completelosers.
Set in Germany in the mid-80's, this book is a poorlywritten, shallow, unfocused fictional account that even the Library of Congress Publication Data on page ii classifies as "Juvenile Literature" and the back cover categorizes the book as "Science Fact/Science Fiction." "Juvenile Literature," could refer to both the author as well as the intended audience.
Ostensibly, the author/narrator is a courier between "Helmut" a character based on Karl Koch aka Hagbard of Cuckoo's Egg infamy and "Karl Mueller" a character also based in the Cuckoo's Egg milieu, that of Marcus Hess. In this account Koch burns in a car fire in town instead of alone in the forest outside Hannover. Do not expect to read any character development in this account however, the author is occupied wandering this account from hacking to Argentina defeating the German (West) soccer team in the 1986 World Cup.
Neither should one expect to read about hacking, one should especially not expect any ethical conscience on computer intrusions.
There are superficial undertones of activity by intelligence (KGB?) and law enforcement (FBI?) agencies, but they remain undeveloped as well.
Fully one third of the book's 91 pages are filler, including a glossary, character biographies, a couple pages on the alleged conspiracy of silence on Koch's suicide and a very shallow treatment of some hacking history including Dark Avenger and the MOD. Printed on 8" X 5" stock in large fonts with plenty of space between lines, the book costs about a penny/sentence.
You have been warned....
Internet Spy--A Fast-Paced-High-Tech Thriller. 1998-10-21
The book "Internet Spy", by Ian Probert, is a great book. It is an in-depth, fast-paced novel about computer hacking. If you're into that sort of thing, than you'll love this book. The main character in the book was at the home of his friend, Karl. Karl shows the boy (who remained unnamed throughout the book) the Internet. The boy was fascinated. However, the boy's interest was defeated when he found out that the man was spying. He quickly ran out. This isn't the most impossible book to read, topping out at under one hundred pages, but it is a good one. If you're into the world of computers, than you'll definitely want to read this book.
Unbelievably good! 1998-06-03
I could not get my nose out of this book. Every page is packed with spine-tingling action. On a one to ten scale, I give it an ELEVEN! If there's one book to read this summer, this should be it.
The 'bomb' 1998-02-11
I got this book a year ago, I have read it more times than I can count. I amost live by it. I would recommend it to anyone who likes spies and spy stories or to a computer freak.It is ,in slang, the 'bomb'.
Fantastic! 1997-10-14
Relates a 1989 incident of German computer hackers being paid by the KGB to break into top secret computer files in the United States.
The book of the year! 1997-06-14
I got this book from my best friend for Christmas - I've already read it five times! It is the best book I have ever read
A classic of its time 1997-06-09
I took the advice of the above reviewer and bought myself a copy of this book. Rarely have I come across anybody who writes so well and so entertainingly. And what's with the Doors references hidden in the text? Anybody out there with a brain - then read this
A fantastic book! 1997-06-03
Although this book is for teenage readers, I am quite sure that older readers will enjoy it equally well. It tells the story of a group of hackers in Germany who fall foul of the KGB. It is an extremely good first book by the author, Ian Probert. Apparently he's just published another book in England called 'Virus Outbreak"
