Freedom (TM)

Freedom (TM)

<DIV><b>The propulsive, shockingly plausible sequel to <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Daemon</i></b><br><br> In one of the most buzzed-about debuts of 2009, Daniel Suarez introduced a terrifying vision of a new world order, controlled by the Daemon, an insidious computer program unleashed by a hi-tech wunderkind, <i>Daemon</i> captured the attention of the tech community, became a <i>New York Times</i> and Indie bestseller, and left readers hungry for more.<br><br> Well, more is here, and it's even more gripping than its predecessor.<br><br> In the opening chapters of <i>Freedom(tm)</i>, the Daemon is firmly in control, using an expanded network of real-world, dispossessed darknet operatives to tear apart civilization and rebuild it anew. Soon civil war breaks out in the American Midwest, in a brutal wave of violence that becomes known as the Corn Rebellion. Former detective Pete Sebeck, now the Daemon's most powerful-though reluctant-operative, must lead a small band of enlightened humans toward a populist movement designed to protect the new world order. But the private armies of global business are preparing to crush the Daemon once and for all.<br><br> In a world of conflicted loyalties, rapidly diminishing human power, and the possibility that anyone can be a spy, what's at stake is nothing less than human freedom's last hope to survive the technology revolution.<br><br><br><br></div>