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Synopsis
Matthew Sobol, programming genius, founder of CyberStorm Entertainment, one of the richest and most powerful of Silicon Valley's elite, is dead, but his final creation lives on to execute his last will and testament. At the moment of Sobol's death, computer programmes around the world burst into life, creating an entity known as the Daemon. The Daemon infiltrates our hyper-connected society, gathering secrets, stealing identities. Soon it has the power to change lives as well as the power to take them: those who serve the Daemon are rewarded; those who defy it are eliminated. Recruiting acolytes from the dispossessed and disaffected, the Daemon secures a growing stranglehold on the world's most precious commodity: information. And once you control information itself, how easy would it be to remake the world? It is up to an unlikely alliance - a computer illiterate detective and a white-hat hacker with secrets of his own - to challenge the monster that Sobol unleashed from beyond the grave. But before they can confront the Daemon they must discover what it wants...
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Review
Suarez's riveting debut would be a perfect gift for a favorite computer geek or anyone who appreciates thrills, chills and cyber suspense - Publishers Weekly (starred review).
Greatest. Techno-thriller. Period. Suarez presents a fascinating account of autonomous, logic-based terrorism, incorporating current and anticipated technologies to create a credible and quite clever story. Experts have long feared the Internet doomsday scenario; the Daemon is arguably more terrifying - Billy O'Brien, Director of Cybersecurity and Communications Policy, The White House.
Suarez is the best author of tech fiction since Bruce Sterling and Neal Stephenson - John Robb, author of Brave New War.
Daemon is the real deal - a scary look at what can go wrong as we depend increasingly on computer networks - Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist.
Daemon is better than early Tom Clancy … the tech is invoked with inside knowledge; the writing is better; and deeper issues are explored with greater imagination - Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalog and cofounder of The Long Now Foundation.
Damon is to novels what The Matrix was to movies. It will be how other novels that rely on technology will be judged - Rick Klau, Strategic Partner Development, Google.
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Computer genius Matthew Sobol is dead, but his final creation lives on. An infernal web of autonomous computer programs, Sobol's Daemon feasts on the lifeblood of our hyper-connected society: information. Gathering secrets and stealing identities, it soon has the power to change lives as well as the power to take them. Those who serve the Daemon are rewarded; those who defy it are eliminated. Recruiting acolytes from the dispossessed and disaffected, the Daemon grows stronger with each passing day. We face a start choice: confront a faceless, formless monster or learn to live in a world in which we are no longer in control.
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- PublisherPocket
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 2266211684
- ISBN 13 9782266211680
- BindingMass Market Paperback
- Number of pages672
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Paperback. Condition: OKAZ. Matthew Sobol était l'un des développeurs de jeux vidéo les plus en vogue du moment. Sa mort a affecté des milliers de personnes. Derrière lui, il laisse des fans en état de choc, mais aussi un étrange programme. Un " démon " particulièrement nocif qui s'infiltre dans tous les réseaux informatiques du monde, réalise des transferts bancaires, recrute des gens pour le servir et. tue. L'inspecteur Peter Sebeck, chargé de l'enquête, se trouve confronté à un cas de figure pour le moins déroutant. Il connaît le coupable, sauf que ce dernier est mort et qu'il lui parle depuis la tombe, par ordinateur interposé. Sebeck doit impérativement trouver un moyen d'arrêter ce " démon " à temps. Le programme se propage vite, très vite. Et nul n'est à l'abri. - Nombre de page(s) : 667 - Poids : 350g - Langue : ANGLAIS (ETATS-UNIS) - Genre : Policier / Thriller format poche BEST. Seller Inventory # O1856974-666
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