Books by author: Daniel Suarez

Daemon is a techno-thriller in the vein of Michael Crichton (i.e., fast-paced with minimal character development), but it has the distinction that nearly all of its technobabble is firmly rooted in today's reality. Suarez truly knows hacking, and this novel succeeds infinitely more-so than, for example, The Blue Nowhere.

I was a little bit disappointed that Daemon turns out to be the beginning of a series rather than a standalone novel. The ending is not completely satisfying, but it works better as a standalone than many.

I didn't expect to like this sequel to Daemon as much as I did. Suarez does a great job pulling together the loose threads from the first book and delivers a fast-paced and emotionally satisfying conclusion. All of the major characters from Daemon return, and they each get a decent arc.

Taken as a whole, the two novels are a strong condemnation of the power structure of our society and a pretty good description of what transparency of power would be like.

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