technothriller
High-tech suspense fiction
A technothriller is a thriller novel or film that emphasizes technology—military hardware, espionage systems, cyber warfare, or scientific processes—as central to the plot.
The genre typically features detailed technical accuracy and often involves geopolitical conflict: Tom Clancy's technothrillers dominated bestseller lists in the 1980s.
Also spelled techno-thriller.
Covert information gatherer
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
- MI6UK espionage agency
- MossadIsraeli espionage service
- KGBUSSR intelligence service
covert · agent · undercover · intelligence · surveillance · infiltration · handler · asset
Intimidation through targeted violence
- bioterrorismWeaponized infectious agents
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- world-warMultinational armed struggle
- cyberattackMalicious digital intrusion
hostage · sabotage · coup · pandemic · doomsday · blackmail · ransom
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- cliffhangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
- tensionStretched or strained state
- high-stakesInvolving significant consequences
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
betrayal · cat-and-mouse · double-cross · revelation · cover-up · misdirection · pursuit · showdown
State-sponsored digital attacks
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- cybercrimeIllegal digital conduct
- encryptionConverting data into code
- malwareHarmful computer programs
drone · satellite · bioweapon · nuclear · supercomputer · prototype · cybernetics · nanotechnology
Irish surname, often male
- FlynnIrish family name
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- page-turnerCompulsively readable book
- action-packedFull of exciting events
Crichton · military · geopolitical · novel · franchise · sequel · adaptation · blockbuster
spy
Covert information gatherer
KGB · covert · agent · undercover · intelligence · surveillance · infiltration · handler · asset · defector
terrorism
Intimidation through targeted violence
- bioterrorismWeaponized infectious agents
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- world-warMultinational armed struggle
cyberattack · hostage · sabotage · coup · pandemic · doomsday · blackmail · ransom
conspiracy
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- cliffhangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
- tensionStretched or strained state
- high-stakesInvolving significant consequences
countdown · betrayal · cat-and-mouse · double-cross · revelation · cover-up · misdirection · pursuit · showdown · extraction
cyberwarfare
State-sponsored digital attacks
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- cybercrimeIllegal digital conduct
- encryptionConverting data into code
malware · drone · satellite · bioweapon · nuclear · supercomputer · prototype · cybernetics · nanotechnology · EMP
Clancy
Irish surname, often male
- FlynnIrish family name
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- page-turnerCompulsively readable book
Crichton · action-packed · military · geopolitical · novel · franchise · sequel · adaptation · blockbuster
- tech culturedevelopers, coders, startup culture, programmers, computers
technothrillerliterary fiction
Prose emphasizing craft and depth
character study · domestic drama · slice-of-life · cozy mystery · family saga
technothrillerhistorical romance
Love story set historically
nature writing · folk tale · period drama · medieval romance · Victorian novel
technothrillerliterary fiction
Prose emphasizing craft and depth
experimental novel · modernist fiction · prose poetry · autofiction · metafiction
technical, technology, thriller, technicality, technological, technologist, nontechnical, technicalities, technobabble