Darknet

I've been reading Matthew Mather's work since his first book, “CyberStorm”, followed by “The Atopia Chronicles” and “The Dystopia Chronicles”, and it is easy to see with “DarkNet” that his impressive skills as a writer continue to improve with each succeeding book.

Jake O'Connell, a New York stock broker, finds himself in a life or death struggle to discover the secret of, and overcome, the BlueBridge corporation as his life crumbles around him and his closest friends are murdered and his young daughter is kidnapped. He must travel to his past to find the tools to answer the questions of how he can defeat a foe that uses Artificial Intelligence, the Internet and human assassins to achieve its goals. With a group of hackers from across the globe, Jake risks everything, including his daughter's life, on his plan to stop the world domination that BlueBridge is intent on accomplishing.

“DarkNet” is real page-turner that readers will find difficult to put down. It is action-packed from the first page to the last with characters that you care about. Mather is adept at taking everyday people and putting them in a setting is both outlandish yet believable. His settings involving computers and the Internet are cutting-edge in their presentations; after all, we've seen these scenarios hinted at on the nightly newscasts and web broadcasts. These are all events that COULD occur any moment, if they haven't already.

I highly recommend “DarkNet” to readers who enjoy intelligent, action-filled thrillers that explore our very near future.

I received a Kindle format Advance Reading Copy for an honest review.