Daniel Suarez

terrible character writing; took too long for everything to fall apart; I'll probably read the sequel and it'll probably be 3 stars, too.

2/3 of this book really worked but then the story just went off the rails.

This suffers from the syndrome of being the middle book of a trilogy; it lacks the narrative drive that the first book, Daemon, had in spades. Still its picture of the growth of the darknet, the challenges it receives, and the challenge it posts to humanity is gripping. Very much looking forward to the next one.

Whew! This book was a wild ride. I picked it up in the morning at the library, and did pretty much nothing all day except read it, and finished late last night. It's an all-too-plausible story of a genius programmer who reaches out to control the world from beyond the grave. Lots of action, but what makes it is the pitch-perfect technology and the issues it raises. Higly recommended.