I was really surprised to see that DAEMON is Daniel Suarez' first book. What a debut!
I'd think DEAMON is what you'd get, if you asked Tom Clancy to write a story-mix based on Watchmen and Serial Experiments Lain. But it's probably better than Clancy would ever do.
It's action-packed and astoundingly realistic. Especially when it comes to hacking, most authors involuntary reveal they never came closer to compromising a system than using Microsoft Word. My favourite Tech-Autor Neal Stephenson seems to be a Unix veteran, but not so deep in security business like Suarez. When Daniel describes his character Jon exploiting an OpenBSD box, I expected he knew how it works and maybe has done it by himself.
Speaking of cracking, almost every exploit is mentioned in one way or another. We come to enjoy the whole range of Administrators nightmares: WiFi cracking, SQL injection, rights escalation, joe jobs, social engineering, unpatched systems and of course the treacherous Post-It with logon credentials. Much just as casually as in real life. Normal people might learn one thing or another about real security issues, nerds will feel cozy at least.
Not so cozy is the brutality and some sex described by the book. Not that Daniel thrives on gory details, but large wounds and amputations are not uncommon. Things that just happen, if the world becomes an action adventure computer game.
Suarez describes a wide range of characters. None of which is more sympathical than necessary. Everyone has his/her/its own agenda and in the end you don't know wheter much could have been done better by any individual. Many authors must rely on hilarious stupid decisions of their characters for the sake of continuity. Suarez doesn't have to. Everything fits, the technology isn't even SciFi, everything is possible.
The title DAEMON reveals a minor flaw. Even though I like acronyms, I whished sometimes Daniel could have spelled some more of them at least once, or included a glossary. A DAEMON for example isn't a misspelled demon (the pun is intendet, though) but a Disk And Execution MONitor (similar to a Service in the Windows world), what perfectly fits the autonomous programm, that wreaks havoc on our planet. Well, I had to explain it to some of my bewildered christian friends, since in German DAEMON isn't even a misspelled demon, it just is one.
DAEMON has quite some depth in it. The comparsion to The Matrix might be underestimated, even if you graciously ignore Part 2 and 3. You'll get intresting views on gouvernment, companies and the rest of the society. As a subplot you'll be explained how a totalitarian system works. Even more, you'll get many chances to think about on what side you'd end.
CONCLUSION
If you read DAEMON, you'll get hacking, action, adventures, role-play elements, tons of technobabble and a lot of intresting philosophical questions.
This is as clearly 5 Stars as it gets.
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S. Masiclat
The Book that hooked me on Daniel Suarez
Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 20. Januar 2024
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Si te gustan los techno-thrillers no lo dudes, este libro te va encatar.
Rezension aus Spanien vom 12. August 2021Varun
Well researched storyline coupled with powerful writing
Rezension aus Indien vom 13. Oktober 2019