Daemon

Daniel Suarez

Language: English

Publisher: Signet

Published: Dec 29, 2009

Description:

“GET READY TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT DAEMON.”—*USA Today*

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...

Daniel Suarez is an independent systems consultant to Fortune 1000 companies. He has designed and developed enterprise software for the defense, finance, and entertainment industries. An avid gamer and technologist he lives in the Western Hemisphere.

“Does for surfing the web what Jaws did for swimming in the ocean.”—Chicago Sun-Times

“A thriller so frightening even the government has taken note.”—Entertainment Weekly

“An ambitious novel.”—New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook

“I came away from this novel with a...new fear of computer capability.”—ROBIN COOK

“A riveting debut.”—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)

“A thrill-a-nanosecond novel.”—BOOKLIST