The Dark Net
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.37 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0544750330 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Take the Underbelly of Society and Make it Even Darker Jamie Definitely a tense and interesting read. For those who are familiar with the dark web this will be more of a thriller and for those who have never heard of it, it'll take even more of a stretch of the imagination. While it definitely takes some leaps here and there and I found a few holes in the plot and there was a heck of a lot going on, it did all come together nicely to make one heck of an eye opener into a wha. Koontz-like Amalgamation of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Kevin Joseph The Dark Net is an engaging, fast-paced thriller, though not the sort you might expect from the title. While the Deep Web and cyber-crime play a role, the story soon veers well beyond science fiction and into the realms of fantasy and horror. Penning a thriller that draws on both science fiction and fantasy, relying on horrific creatures to amp things up, rates a high degree of difficulty. Indeed, Dean Koontz, the . OutlawPoet said Techno Horror (Horror, I tell you!). First things first: This is more techno horror than techno thriller. (Okay, I have no clue if a sub-genre called 'techno horror' actually exists. If it didn't before, it will now with this book.)The tech and the horror are wonderfully intertwined here. Percy takes the Dark Net and all its horrorsand makes it even more horrifying.Now, if you've already played on the Dark Net, you might find the explanation about wha
They have no idea what the Dark Net really contains. This force is threatening to spread virally into the real world unless it can be stopped by members of a ragtag crew: Twelve-year-old Hannah -- who has been fitted with the Mirage, a high-tech visual prosthetic to combat her blindness-- wonders why she sees shadows surrounding some people. Lela, a technophobic journalist, has stumbled upon a story nobody wants her to uncover. And now an ancient darkness is gathering there as well. Hell on earth is only one click of a mouse away… The Dark Net is real. And Derek, a hacker with a cause, believes himself a soldier of the Internet, part of a cyber army akin to Anonymous. An anonymous and often criminal arena that exists in the secret far reaches of the Web, some use it to manage Bitcoins, pirate mo
His premise is fanciful yet anchored in believability." — Library Journal "Percy takes the darkest conspiracy theories you can imagine and makes them the stuff of nightmaresmankind is held responsible for its irresponsibility, paying the price for all the convenience we take for granted, for our obsession with the digital worldthe message is effective and scarythere's something undeniably creepy about the thought that your smartphone can possess you. Percy reveals an upgraded, rebooted battle between good versus evil — a fast, fantastic, throat-punch of a read.” — Chuck Wendig, NYT bestselling author of Blackbirds and Zer0es "Benja