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The Dark Net by Benjamin Percy
Thrilling . . . one of the best Stephen King novels not written by the master himself. . . . The setup promises furious action, and Percy delivers, like Richard] Matheson, like King. . . An awfully impressive literary performance.--New York Times Book ReviewAn] imaginative, spooky, swiftly paced tale threaded through with dark humor.--Dean Koontz
Percy's blend of cyberpunk-style SF and occult horror is a perfect combo for summer chills.--Library Journal
The Dark Net is real. An anonymous and often criminal arena that exists in the secret far reaches of the Web, some use it to manage Bitcoins, pirate movies and music, or traffic in drugs and stolen goods. And now an ancient darkness is gathering there as well. 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.
Mike Juniper, a one-time child evangelist who suffers from personal and literal demons, has an arsenal of weapons stored in the basement of the homeless shelter he runs.
And Derek, a hacker with a cause, believes himself a soldier of the Internet, part of a cyber army akin to Anonymous.
They have no idea what the Dark Net really contains.
Set in present-day Portland, The Dark Net is a cracked-mirror version of the digital nightmare we already live in, a timely and wildly imaginative techno-thriller about the evil that lurks in real and virtual spaces, and the power of a united few to fight back.
Percy, Benjamin: - Benjamin Percy is the author of four novels -- The Dark Net, The Dead Lands, Red Moon, and The Wilding -- as well as three short story collections -- Suicide Woods, Refresh, Refresh, and The Language of Elk. His essay collection, Thrill Me, is widely taught in creative writing classrooms. In 2021, his sci-fi trilogy, The Comet Cycle, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; it has been optioned by the Russo brothers (Avengers: Infinity War) for development. He broke into comics in 2014 with a two-shot Batman story for Detective Comics. He is known for his celebrated runs on Wolverine, Nightwing, Green Arrow, Teen Titans, and James Bond. His scripted podcast series -- Wolverine (produced by Marvel and Stitcher ) -- is now in its second season. It was listed as one of the top fifteen podcasts of the year by Apple and won the iHeart Radio Award for Best Scripted Podcast. His fiction and nonfiction have been published by Esquire, GQ, Time, Men's Journal, Outside, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Paris Review. His honors include the Whiting Award, the Plimpton Prize, the Pushcart Prize, an NEA fellowship, and inclusion in Best American Short Stories and Best American Comics. Read more about him here: www.benjaminpercy.com
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| ISBN 13 | 9781328915375 |
| ISBN 10 | 1328915379 |
| Title | The Dark Net |
| Author | Benjamin Percy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Mariner Books |
| Year published | 2018-06-12 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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