Kill Decision

By: Daniel Suarez

Narrated by: Jeff Gurner

Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

The shocking techno-thriller that cements Daniel Suarez's status as the heir to Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy - a terrifying, breathtaking, and all-too-plausible vision of the world's near future.

Unmanned weaponized drones already exist: they're widely used by America in our war efforts in the Middle East. In Kill Decision, best-selling author Daniel Suarez takes that fact and the real science behind it one step further, with frightening results.

Linda McKinney is a myrmecologist, a scientist who studies the social structure of ants. Her academic career has left her entirely unprepared for the day her sophisticated research is conscripted by unknown forces to help run an unmanned - and thanks to her research, automated - drone army. Odin is the secretive Special Ops soldier with a unique insight into the faceless enemy who has begun to attack the American homeland with drones programmed to seek, identify, and execute targets without human intervention.

Together, McKinney and Odin must slow this advance long enough for the world to recognize its destructive power, because for thousands of years the "kill decision" during battle has remained in the hands of humans - and off-loading that responsibility to machines will bring unintended, possibly irreversible, consequences.

But as forces even McKinney and Odin don't understand begin to gather, and death rains down from above, it may already be too late to save humankind from destruction at the hands of our own technology.

©2012 Daniel Suarez (P)2012 Penguin Audio

plausible technical thriller

the story was slow to get going, with a number of blind alleys before it got under way. great pace after about the halfway point, without giving to much away

Pretty good

Killer drones and AI ML is a great fit to the world today and tomorrow of how chaotic things will get if the wrong people or countries go unchecked.
It was tough to keep my attention until the end when the action kicked things up a notch.

Overall good book and a great job by audible.

A scarily possible story! Accurate and thrilling!

If you could sum up Kill Decision in three words, what would they be?

AccurateScaryThrilling

What did you like best about this story?

Everything in the story was something that could happen right now, today, which adds to the thrill factor.

Which scene was your favorite?

My favorite scene was the incident in Colorado (I don't want to elaborate and spoil it for folks who haven't read it yet!).

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

We're at war - and no one knows who started it

Any additional comments?

Daniel Suarez gives a glimpse of what is possible with autonomous drones and bad intentions. The scary part is, everything in the book is technically possible! A great read (listen!).

GREAT! JUST....GREAT!!!

I have read 2 other books by Daniel Suarez and this one was the absolute best by far. Jeff Gurner was fantastic. I'm going to look for more books that he reads! He really had me on the edge of my seat a couple of times! I highly recommend this one.

Not as good as Daemon but well worth the credit

Would you consider the audio edition of Kill Decision to be better than the print version?

Haven't read the print version.

What did you like best about this story?

As usual Daniel Suarez makes us consider how technology may be use in the near future.

Have you listened to any of Jeff Gurner’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes. Very good, makes it easy to keep track of the characters.

Technology meets suspense

What did you like best about this story?

The relentnesness of the drones.

What does Jeff Gurner bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The eerie suspense. The fact that he read Daemon and FreedomTM gives a kind of continuity.

Feels like a great Clive Cussler. Not an insult.

I've liked all but one of D. Suarez's work. Daemon and its sequel being the top, and the rest going downward. This one is a Techno Thriller in the vein of Clive Cussler novels. But actually really competently written. Suarez makes smart characters and scenarios that are pleasingly creative. I've become a fan and try to promote his work.

Daniel Suarez exceeded all expectations!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Daniel Suarez just gets better and better with each new book. Jeff Gurner read the book as if he wrote it. This was the first Suarez book I got on Audible and will complete the collection solely on how Jeff Gurner "gets" Suarez and his characters.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Kill Decision?

When the Professor realized her life work was being used to run the "swarms".

Which character – as performed by Jeff Gurner – was your favorite?

Odin, it was as if Jeff Gurner was Odin or lived a life similar to it at one point.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

A sense of concern (not quite fear) that we are not that far from this being how it's done. Collecting the work of brilliant individuals and applying it as was done in the story is not out of the realm of possibility, and in fact is probably being done... Very reminiscent of Tom Clancy and how you could see everything he wrote about to unfold just as he wrote it.

Any additional comments?

Daniel Suarez just keeps getting better and better. It makes you wonder how he is going to outdo his last novel, but with "Kill Decision" he proved that we don't need to worry about that any longer, we just need to be patient until his next book. How much longer? How much longer now? How about now? Is it ready yet?...Is it done yet?

Awesome story! Please make it a movie!

Would you consider the audio edition of Kill Decision to be better than the print version?

Yes, Jeff Gurner brings Suarez's story to life.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Kill Decision?

The C130 midair battle with the drones.

Have you listened to any of Jeff Gurner’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Great performance like Daemon and Freedom TM

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Could not stop listening

Any additional comments?

I want to see this book made into a movie.

Daniel Suarez's audiobook in Australia...finally

Any additional comments?

After a very very long wait, we finally had the chance to enjoy a Daniel Suarez's audiobook. I finally understood why Leo of Twit Network and the Twit Army love this author. I hope that one day all of Daniel's book will also be made available in Australia. Thank you Audible, now it is so good to see a search result of Daniel Suarez, he now exist (he has now written 1 book).