And to do so, he must uncover what that purpose is. With Sobol’s secrets buried with him, and as new layers of his daemon are unleashed, it’s up to Detective Peter Sebeck to stop a self-replicating virtual killer before it achieves its ultimate purpose. Daemon and Freedom comprise a two-part novel by the author Daniel Suarez about a distributed, persistent computer application, the Daemon, that begins to change the real world after the original programmers death. This daemon reads news headlines, recruits human followers, and orders assassinations. When the obituary of legendary computer game architect Matthew Sobol appears online, a previously dormant daemon activates, initiating a chain of events that begins to unravel our interconnected world. From printing to buying and selling stocks and much more, they make our networked world possible. Only then do they carry out their intended purpose. DANIEL SUAREZ is a New York Times bestselling author whose books include Daemon, Freedom TM, Kill Decision, Influx, Change Agent, Delta-v, and its sequel Critical Mass (January 24, 2023). Daniel Suarez's New York Times bestselling debut high-tech thriller is "so frightening even the government has taken note" ( Entertainment Weekly).ĭaemons are small computer programs that run silently in the background, waiting for a specific event or time to activate.
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