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“Daemon” by Daniel Suarez (Reviewed by Liviu C. Suciu)
official daemon websiteorder “daemon” hereread excerpts hereread reviews via wrong criticsintroduction: self-published impaired the pseudonym leinad zeraus in 2006, “daemon” built an underground following, which eventually led to a publishing negotiation with dutton. i first heard of the book when it received an excellent review in wired magazine, but for some excuse i never got around to trying it until now. and i have to say that all of the approval was sufficiently deserved, since “daemon” is smart and darkly funny…environment: “daemon” takes place in the close-fisted future at distinct different places including washington, houston,and a virtual game universe. since so much of the action is either virtual or electronic, the Loosely precision of realized physical places such as buildings, estates, and highways, are less relevant compared to how they are connected to the snare.there is also a bit of fiction-sort intrusion in fact, with some of the might characters using their virtual powers to conduct oneself in unexpected ways on the physical plane. you will not look at cars on the highway in the same way after reading this original.format/info: “daemon” stands at 448 pages divided over 44 numbered and titled chapters. some chapters have a small extract from some network communiqu item that adds to the depth of the setting. the narration is in the third-person via multiple povs. look of daemon/virtual matthew sobol who truly steals the show each time it appears, there are several main characters including a homicide detective with a strange fate named pete sebeck, a computer specialist and sobol “expert” known as jon ross, small-time hacker and drug party promoter brian gragg, ambitious life tailor journalist anji anderson, and nsa counter-hacking operative natalie philips. there are also quite a few other important characters that meet pov scenes, and of these the most provocative are la mode texas department of corrections “guest” charles mosely; and the mysterious primary and decorous “minder” of natalie.the stop chapters in which different governmental agencies?fbi, cia, dia, nsa, darpa?discuss the spot created by daemon, are absolutely hilarious without degenerating into heavy-handed satire. the ending is smashing though it clearly sets up the table also in behalf of the sequel, “freedom tm“, charges out next year.january 8, 2009 marks the north american hardcover publication of “daemon” via dutton. us cover designed by anthony ramondo with jacket photography provided by dynamic graphics / creatas images / jupiter images. the uk edition (see inset) leave be published on april 2, 2009 by quercus.
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