In terms of technological progress, it’s a good time to be alive. If you haven’t noticed yet, we seem to be living in a very interesting time. So let me try and summarize why I found these books so powerful.

I hate fluff, but I also can’t say much without spoiling the books. So, you basically can’t tell us anything? In fact, even more so than the first book. Where Daemon was largely a book of build-up and investigation, Freedom throws all the chips on the table.īut don’t worry, it’s still packed with interesting technologies and philosophical exploration. As William Gibson has been quoted as saying a great many times, the future is here… it’s just not widely distributed yet.įreedom picks up shortly after Daemon ends, and I think you’ll find almost immediately that the entire tone of the book has changed. No, please… don’t run away yet, I swear it’s not that cheesy! What quickly follows is a story about a daemon (think computers, not hell beasts) that I find impressive in its scope.Įven more exciting is that all the technology you’ll read about is both plausible, and even already available. Though connected, the two books are vastly different, so I’ll give a brief synopsis of each and then sum up why I find the series (and hopefully Daniel Suarez’s future work) most excellent in a number of areas.ĭaemon starts off by following the investigation of various murders at a wildly successful video game company. So without further adieu, so I’m going to try and give you a slightly extended elevator pitch on the series. There’s just so much bad stuff that when I find something good – like Daemon and Freedom by Daniel Suarez – I’m really, really excited.

I’ve had a real hankering for Sci-Fi the last few months.Īctually, if I’ve being completely accurate here, I’ve almost always got a hankering for good Sci-Fi.

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