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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 . . .
Comments
1 comment posted.
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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