First published 2010
Matthew Sobol, legendary computer game designer and billionaire architect behind half a dozen popular online games, has died. His death devastates millions of players worldwide. But when Sobol's obituary appears online, it triggers something unexpected. A dormant daemon activates and begins executing a complex chain of events that reveals the interconnected, hyperactive world Sobol left behind. Thousands of autonomous computer programs control everything in modern life, from car remote controls to aircraft flight systems to global economic movements. These programs manage email flows, execute money transfers, and monitor power grids. Most serve benevolent purposes, but their designers don't always share the same intentions. As new layers of Sobol's daemon break free at every turn, an unprecedented alliance must form to decode his intricate plans and protect the world from an unnamed, bodiless enemy. The question becomes whether society can learn to function when it has lost control of the very systems it depends on.
Genres: science-fiction, thriller, 21st-century, artificial-intelligence, computer-science, cyberpunk
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: bodiless-enemy, complex-plans, intricate-plots, unexpected-consequences
560 pages · Paperback · Profil Yayıncılık