Daemon (Daniel Suarez), the rebellion of computers has come

A-Daemon is about to ordinary mortals, not for the computer, which surely would correct me-a program that works in the background, usually automatically, without being controlled by the user, and that supports other processes.

This kind of pseudo-technical introduction is to position ourselves a little in the novel takes its title from these programs and discuss today. Thus, "Daemon" is a tecnothriller in which the main character-and here lies the originality of the same character, is not a human but a computer program.

The novel I suppose, in theory, should fit into the genre of science fiction, but it is a science fiction "not hard", ie does not pass or on other planets, or other time-space characters or aliens. No, it takes about today with some facts that could be fantastic but plausible with current technology.

The action begins with the cancer death of a famous computer programmer, who dies early thirties, after having been a "child prodigy", who has made multi-millionaire thanks to the multiplayer online games (totally current) .

Meanwhile strange murders begin to happen, although occurring after the death of the programmer (Matthew Sobol) seem to lead to this as the main suspect.

This is when the scene goes on Daemon, a program created by Sobol, just believe that nobody can get to become a danger to any computer system, but that starts to spread its tentacles into all areas, mainly in the economic, and aims to change society, at least as we know it.

It's an idea that, while not new, and we have seen on other occasions, for example Skynet in the Terminator saga had not seen so far developed in this way: a program that, from a series of programmed parameters the style of a "logical tree of options" can take over any network, and therefore business, government ...

Clearly, the need Daemon "subjects" that will recruit from among online gamers.

It is a book without being overly technical without being a computer expert can follow the more technical arguments in which the author is a software developer and systems consultant for companies-is where is comfortable enough jargon to packaging technology to give the thriller and do something different. However, I wonder where I could have ended up in the hands of someone with "more hands" for frames, as Michael Crichton (now deceased), or the binomial Lincoln Child.

Still raises some interesting reflection on ultradependencia we currently have computer systems, and chaos could be created in today's society no longer a threat as incredible as the Daemon, but more recently as a major virus or similar .

Also interesting are the reflections on the current organized crime, and as you have seen the "reef" offered by new technologies to exploit "new business" virtual identity theft, gambling or pornography on line ... and finally the the role of governments and the manipulation of these on the public to disclose or hide the facts at your convenience.

In general, the book idea seems good, but the result has not convinced me so much, because in the end gives me the feeling of being an unfinished book. There are plenty of characters who could have developed something better or take over ownership, but end up diluting, so eventually the story ends unfinished, as if for the first part of a series that could give two or three novels, and it seems that, at present, then no.

For my taste most of the lines remain open, either that or I did not understand anything, so I hope that the author, given that he has had some success with this novel raises a sequel.

In short, there is an essential book, but it can be entertaining for those who like thrillers and also the world of "new technologies".