Admittedly, I did not care for Mather’s Cyberstorm. However, I wanted to give the author another run, so I chose to dive into Darknet. It is definitely a far-reaching tale, but it was entertaining. This story works on a couple levels. Many already have suspicion around global economy (Wall Street) and the powers that manipulate.
Toss in artificial intelligence that is crazy good, and the line between human interaction gets blurred. If you think identify theft is scary – well, sit back and read a tale of horror in this story about a stock broker’s life getting turned upside down; quickly. Jake (stock broker) has some good friends and he must rely on them to help navigate through the FBI, AI, assassins, and the power only money can yield. It isn’t a matter of staying free, but rather a drive to survive.
4 of 5 stars From the Publisher:
Jake O'Connell left a life of crime and swore he'd never return, but his new life in New York is ripped away when his childhood friend Sean Womack is brutally murdered. A mysterious package from Sean shows up on Jake's doorstep a few days later, with secrets that throw Jake deep into a bizarre tech underworld.
Thousands of miles away in Hong Kong, scientist Jin Huang finds a list of wealthy dead people in a massive banking conspiracy. Problem is, some of the people don't stay dead. As Jin begins her investigation, she's petrified to discover her name on the growing list of dead-but-alive.
On the run, Jake O'Connell and Jin Huang race across continents to uncover a dark secret spreading like a cancer into the world. Why was Sean killed, and how is the list of wealthy dead connected? Are some of them really coming back to life? But all this becomes irrelevant when Jake's wife and daughter are attacked...
