4.6 stars – 197 Reviews
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Here’s the set-up:
A terrifying new breed of predator evolves…
A dark secret determined to stay hidden…
How far is one man willing to go to save his family?
A prophetic and frighteningly realistic novel set in present-day New York, Darknet is the story of one man’s quest to overcome a global menace pushing the world toward oblivion, and his incredible gamble to risk everything to save his family.Jake O’Connell left a life of crime and swore he’d never return, but his new life as a stock broker in New York is ripped away when his childhood friend Sean Womack is murdered. Thousands of miles away in Hong Kong, data 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 own 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…
MORE ABOUT DARKNET
Darknet follows on the heels of Matthew Mather’s bestseller CyberStorm, translated into sixteen languages and now in development for film by 20th Century Fox. A novel of humanity in the face of technology gone wrong, Darknet is a tale of family, the bonds that hold us together, and what we might be willing to do when everything is torn away.
Reviews:
“Boiler Room meets Philip K. Dick in this brilliantly conceived thriller…will grip you from the start and take you on a wild ride.” – Darren Wearmouth, bestselling author of Critical Dawn
“Matthew Mather does what he does best: takes reality and adds just enough of a sci-fi touch to make it terrifying.” – Wes Davies, author of the Dead Sleep Trilogy
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