You do not have to have an understanding of cyber jargon to enjoy this book as it is written in layman's terms with the characters explaining every term they use to less computer literate police officers and other characters whenever something complicated comes up. There is also a glossary at the back if you want to use some of these terms in day to day conservations.
The plot is sensational and is basically about a serial killer who is a computer genius that has been fired by a company in Silicon Valley so is committing murders on victims who live there. He has created a program called Trapdoor which gives him access to every detail of the person's computer he has infiltrated. This is how he gets his victims which he sees as other players in a real life Dungeons and Dragons type thing where he can no longer differentiate between the virtual and real worlds.
Police are forced t call on the help of a convicted in jail hacker Wyatt Gillette to catch Phate. Of course Wyatt has his own agenda.
This sensational novel has many twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the end. Who is Sean? What is Wyatt's real agenda? You won't go to sleep until you've read the last page.