George Shaffner’s first novel, entitled Mata Hari’s Corollary, a story of digital economic warfare, has been published on the Internet – and only the Internet. Chapter 1 of the 1.5Mb tome can be downloaded gratis, but if you want more, well the rest can be downloaded after purchase of an access password at http://www.avamedia.com/mata-hari. Shaffner, former X/Open Co Ltd chief operating officer, is now chief executive of Computer Resources International’s US subsidiary.