{"id":11371,"date":"2011-07-24T14:51:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T14:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11371"},"modified":"2011-07-24T14:51:20","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T14:51:20","slug":"book-review-daemon-by-daniel-suarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11371","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – Daemon by Daniel Suarez"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The story of Daemon<\/a>  is that a games development genius dies, but that doesn\u2019t stop him from wreaking havoc on the world.  Before he dies, he uses the AI from his games to create a distributed network to enact his will.<\/p>\n

This book has what Zero Day didn\u2019t: a hook, something to keep you turning the pages.  In fact, I found it quite addictive.  I was reading it before work, at lunch, and going to bed early to read more.  I finished it this morning and immediately ordered\/downloaded the sequel, Freedom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whereas Zero Day featured an extremely believable scenario, Daemon goes a little bit more into the sci-fi end of things to add an element of danger.  However, it is still rooted in the believable.  I can\u2019t watch a movie or read a book that features \u201cgo hack now\u201d scenarios.  But this book was based on things like trojans, in-game AI, RSS feeds, GPS, and so on.  It just stretched what we know about a little to enable the plot, but kept this acceptable an acceptable limit for me.<\/p>\n

Over and over, in this book, you\u2019ll see how hacks take advantage of poor patch control.  Spotting a trend?<\/p>\n

I reckon that if you work in IT, or find computers interesting, then there\u2019s a really good chance that you\u2019ll like Daemon.  This book can be ordered on Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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