Daemon

Matthew Sobol, Programmier-Genie, Gründer von CyberStorm Entertainment und einer der reichsten und mächtigsten der Silicon Valley Elite ist tot. Aber seine jüngste Kreation lebt weiter, um seinen letzten Willen zu vollstrecken. Im Augenblick von Sobols Tod werden rund um die Welt Computerprogramme aktiviert, um Sobols letzte Schöpfung zu kreieren: den Daemon. Der Daemon infiltriert unsere hyper-vernetzte Gesellschaft, sammelt unsere Geheimnisse, stiehlt unsere persönlichen Daten. Bald hat er die Macht, unsere Leben zu ändern - und zu zerstören ... High-tech- und Adrenalin-getrieben! 'Daemon' ist der ultimative Thriller des Informationszeitalters!

Zusatztext 'Superb' Independent on Sunday. Informationen zum Autor Daniel Suarez has designed software for the defence! finance and entertainment industries. He originally self-published DAEMON when rejected by mainstream publishers and agents. Blog raves! Amazon raves! and a feature in Wired magazine turned the book deservedly into a runaway hit. He lives in California! USA. Klappentext Matthew Sobol is dead, but his final creation survives. It begins with a bizarre murder, where the only possible perpetrator happens to be dead. As more killings follow, the police are completely out of their depth. It falls to the unlikely partnership of Sebeck, a computer-illiterate cop, and Ross, an enigmatic hacker, to realise the scale of the imminent danger. The Daemon is seemingly unstoppable, and murder is the least of its capabilities. As it leaves a trail of death and destruction in its wake, Sebeck and Ross must face up to a terrifying possibility. Can they convince a disbelieving world to take drastic action, and shut down the Daemon before it is too late? Explosive, action-packed, terrifyingly relevant, Daemon redefines the high-concept thriller for the information age. Zusammenfassung The Daemon is seemingly unstoppable, and murder is the least of its capabilities. It falls to the unlikely partnership of Sebeck, a computer-illiterate cop, and Ross, an enigmatic hacker, to realise the scale of the imminent danger.

'Superb' Independent on Sunday.

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Daniel Suarez has designed software for the defence, finance and entertainment industries. He originally self-published DAEMON when rejected by mainstream publishers and agents. Blog raves, Amazon raves, and a feature in Wired magazine turned the book deservedly into a runaway hit. He lives in California, USA.

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Matthew Sobol is dead, but his final creation survives.

It begins with a bizarre murder, where the only possible perpetrator happens to be dead. As more killings follow, the police are completely out of their depth. It falls to the unlikely partnership of Sebeck, a computer-illiterate cop, and Ross, an enigmatic hacker, to realise the scale of the imminent danger.

The Daemon is seemingly unstoppable, and murder is the least of its capabilities. As it leaves a trail of death and destruction in its wake, Sebeck and Ross must face up to a terrifying possibility. Can they convince a disbelieving world to take drastic action, and shut down the Daemon before it is too late?

Explosive, action-packed, terrifyingly relevant, Daemon redefines the high-concept thriller for the information age.