Profound thanks as well to my wonderful literary agent, Bridget Wagner, at Sagalyn Agency, and also to my editor, Ben Sevier, for taking a chance on me and for being a joy to work with.
Thanks especially to Adam Winston, James Hankins, and Don Lamoreaux, writers and friends whom I've long admired and whose advice on early drafts of this book was much appreciated.
Thanks also to Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, and George Kurtz for bringing attention to cracks in the system, and to Thom Hartmann, P. W. Singer, Neil Gershenfeld, Carl Zimmer, John Perkins, Kevin Phillips, and Jared Diamond, whose published works helped to crystallize some of the sociopolitical themes in this story.
Finally, tremendous thanks to my wife, Michelle, for her tireless efforts to help this book see the light of day. And for knowing I was a writer but marrying me anyway…
FURTHER READING
You can learn more about the technologies and themes explored in Daemonby visiting www.thedaemon.com or through the following books:
Hacking Exposed by Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, and George Kurtz-McGraw Hill
Fab by Neil Gershenfeld-Basic Books
Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer-Touchstone Books
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins-Berrett Koehler
Corporate Warriors by P. W. Singer-Cornell University Press
Unequal Protection by Thom Hartmann-Rodale
Wealth and Democracy by Kevin Phillips-Broadway
Collapse by Jared Diamond-Viking
Copyright
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Copyright 2009 by Daniel Suarez
All rights reserved
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Suarez, Daniel, 1964-
Daemon: a novel / Daniel Suarez.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 1- 101-00748-6
1. Computer programmers-Fiction.
2. Human-computer interaction-Fiction.
3. International economic integration-Fiction. I. Title.
PS3619.U327D34 2009
813'.6- dc22 2008044553
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Daniel Suarez is an independent systems consultant to Fortune 1000 companies. He has designed and developed enterprise software for the defense, finance, and entertainment industries. An avid gamer and technologist, he lives in Los Angeles, California. Daemonis his first novel.
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