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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Daemon by Daniel Suarez

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Also by Daniel Suarez:

Critical Mass, February 2023
Hardcover
Delta-V, May 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
Change Agent, April 2017
Hardcover
Daemon, January 2010
Paperback (reprint)
Freedom (TM), January 2010
Hardcover
Daemon, January 2009
Hardcover

Daemon
Daniel Suarez

A timely and relevant story...

Signet
January 2010
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Featuring: Peter Sebeck
640 pages
ISBN: 0451228731
EAN: 9780451228734
Paperback (reprint)
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Thriller

When a designer of computer games dies, he leaves behind a program that unravels the Internet's interconnected world. It corrupts, kills, and runs independent of human control. It's up to Detective Peter Sebeck to wrest the world from the malevolent virtual enemy before its ultimate purpose is realized: to destroy civilization...

Daemon brings readers on a harrowing journey through the dark crawl spaces of the modern world. It's a cutting-edge high-tech thriller that explores the convergence of MMOG's, BotNets, viral ecosystems, and corporate dominance—forces which are quietly reshaping society with very real consequences for us all.

It all begins when one man's obituary appears online. . .

Matthew Sobol was a legendary computer game designer—the architect behind half a dozen popular online games. His premature death from brain cancer depressed both gamers and his company’s stock price. But Sobol’s fans weren’t the only ones to note his passing. He left behind something that was scanning Internet obituaries, too—something that put in motion a whole series of programs upon his death. Programs that moved money. Programs that recruited people. Programs that killed.

Confronted with a killer from beyond the grave, Detective Peter Sebeck comes face-to-face with the full implications of our increasingly complex and interconnected world—one where the dead can read headlines, steal identities, and carry out far-reaching plans without fear of retribution. Sebeck must find a way to stop Sobol’s web of programs—his Daemon—before it achieves its ultimate purpose. And to do so, he must uncover what that purpose is . . .

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Re: Daemon

This was one of my favorite books of 2010. I enjoyed listening to this on audio while driving. It was exciting to be driving around Alemeda, CA during the chase scene that takes place in the area.

The interesting thing about this story is that most of the tech mentioned in the story is either possible are already in development. We are not too far away from the world the Suarez creates.
(James Mudge 3:03pm May 17, 2011)

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