Darknet, Matthew Mather
Darknet, Matthew Mather
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Darknet

Author: Matthew Mather

Narrator: Tom Taylorson

Unabridged: 10 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2015

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of CyberStorm comes a wild ride through the Wall Street underworld.One minute Jake O'Connell is on top of the world with a beautiful family and bright future as a stock broker in New York; the next, it's all ripped away when he's embroiled in a fraud investigation, his childhood friend is murdered, and he finds himself on the run. Dodging the FBI and targeted by the Mob, Jake is thrown into a Wall Street underworld of cryptocurrencies and autonomous corporations, where he discovers a dark secret setting the world on a path to destruction. He must evade the shadowy forces hunting him and find a way to redemption—but the faster he runs, the deeper he becomes entangled. In the end, his only path forward is to return to the ghosts of his past.Darknet is a journey into the back alleys of global finance and cyber espionage, the story of one man's quest to redeem himself and save his family.

About Matthew Mather

Matthew Mather’s (1969–2022) books have sold millions of copies, been translated and published in over twenty-five countries, and optioned for multiple movie and television contracts. After starting his career at the McGill Center for Intelligent Machines, he worked in ventures ranging from nanotechnology to cybersecurity before becoming a full-time author of high-concept speculative thrillers.

About Tom Taylorson

Tom Taylorson is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and Chicago-based actor with over a decade of stage experience. In that time he also built a voice-over career and now primarily works as a voice actor. Tom is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia College Chicago, teaching voice-over for interactive media.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Don on May 22, 2015

Scariest book I've ever read! Wow! What can I say? Incredibly frightening because it's so shockingly real. Matthew Mather had written the first sci-fi book I've read that has zero sci-fi in it ... no aliens, no Ray guns, no time travel ... just a pretty realistic look at what Elon Musk and Steven Haw......more

Goodreads review by L.A. on October 22, 2017

Good science fiction--imaginative idea of the autonomous, fully-AI corporation, what it could do, and how difficult it would be to stop something that could predict one's every move.......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on February 22, 2015

Darknet by Matthew Mather is another fast-paced thriller similar to CyberStorm. Not that this is a sequel, Darknet is a new standalone novel entirely but similar in that it is well-written, action-packed, and as another review stated, techno-terror. I’m sure author Mather will be receiving another m......more

Goodreads review by The on September 12, 2016

Darknet is a fascinating thriller in a world where autonomous corporations controlled by Artificial Intelligence do whatever they deem necessary to fulfill the measure of their creation: making a profit. At any cost. I'm a sucker for a good fast techno-thriller, and this book definitely delivered. Ma......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on July 07, 2016

I thought I'd like this much more than I ended up liking it. It's a great premise, but I didn't connect with or care about any of the characters and there were many unbelievable and far too convenient thugs that happened throughout the book. It's certainly a light-read thriller, but I couldn't get p......more

Quotes

“The inspiration for Utopian dreams.” New York Times

“Boiler Room meets Philip K. Dick in this brilliantly conceived thriller. Darknet is an exciting page-turner that will grip you from the start and take you on a wild ride.” Darren Wearmouth, bestselling author of Critical Dawn

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