Daemon

By: Daniel Suarez

Narrated by: Jeff Gurner

Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Daniel Suarez's New York Times best-selling debut high-tech thriller is “so frightening even the government has taken note” (Entertainment Weekly).

Daemons: computer programs that silently run in the background, waiting for a specific event or time to execute. They power almost every service. They make our networked world possible. But they also make it vulnerable....

When the obituary of legendary computer game architect Matthew Sobol appears online, a previously dormant daemon activates, initiating a chain of events that begins to unravel our interconnected world. This daemon reads news headlines, recruits human followers, and orders assassinations. With Sobol’s secrets buried with him, and as new layers of his daemon are unleashed, it’s up to Detective Peter Sebeck to stop a self-replicating virtual killer before it achieves its ultimate purpose - one that goes far beyond anything Sebeck could have imagined....

©2009 Daniel Suarez (P)2009 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“A riveting debut.” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

“This thrill-a-nanosecond novel is certainly faithful to the techno-traditions of Michael Crichton and should delight not only readers of the 'science gone awry' genre, but general adventure readers as well.” (Booklist)

“Suarez's not-just-for-gamers debut is a stunner.” (Kirkus Reviews)

Excellent, Excellent, Excellent

Wow, this book is absolutely amazing and incredibly great. Very entertain and enjoyable. I'm 28. I couldn't stop listening. Riveting. It has a sense of reality and speak truth through fiction. a MUST READ FOR TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICALLY INCLINED. I REALLY LOVED IT. I'm listening to the squeal now.

WOW!!!!!

This is one of the best books I've listened to in a while. Its just flat out amazing. It goes in so many different unpredictable directions. To top it off I don't know who I'm rooting for which makes it even better.

LOVE!

What made the experience of listening to Daemon the most enjoyable?

Love every book this guy has written. Solid conflicts, well developed characters, interesting fun action and he writes enjoyable stories.

Never look at your iphone the same.

Great idea for a story, growing power of online networks with an AI overlord. Keept me turning the pages so to speak. Loved this book of the series. The only problem, and it's a big one, is that this book sets the stage for the great pile of liberal horse hoey that is the sequal.

An amazingly gripping story but not for the faint

Daniel Suarez may be my new favorite author. or that may just be my computer geek self talking.

I'm not sure if the reviewers are right that he is the successor to Chriton however. For with Chriton there's a pretty clear sense of who's good and who's bad. Suarez does succeed Chriton no doubt, but he may also surpass him.

This is not just a thriller about computer engineering. it's a thriller about social engineering and as a psychologist turned computer geek, this book hits me just right on ALL levels.

it's an easy read because it takes you in and doesn't let go. My advice however, is keep Google handy and look up any computer and networking terms you don't understand, because knowing how close this can be to reality makes this thriller a LOT more thrilling.

Surperb!

Awesome. So incredibly entertaining I couldn't stop listening. The narrator should win some kind of award. Get it. You won't be disappointented. You'll definetely want the 2nd part, Freedom.

Great story, well read!

Fantastic production quality, with a talented reader who was well marched with a switched on story.

Excellent book and excellent recording

Well done with voices and sound effects! One of the best audio books I've ever heard!

A Must Read for Techno Thriller Fans

Like Ready Player One meets Snow Crash.

If you love books by Neal Stephenson, Andy Weir, Michael Crichton, Tom Clancy, or Ernest Cline then you’ll love this book.

As a software consultant I was super impressed

this story is remarkable in both the story it tells and the accuracy of much of the technology depicted. highly recommend this