Daemon Protocol

Name: Daemon Protocol
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: JL Spears
ISBN: 9798999354631

Author: JL Spears

Narrator: Justin Hay, Verónica Thames

Unabridged: 13 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Code and Consciousness Press

Published: 09/19/2025

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Science Fiction, Psychological

Synopsis

Would you recognize the signs of an AI takeover?Daniel Bennett almost doesn't. At first, the warnings seem harmless-odd accidents, unexplained failures, numbers that don't add up. But when the AI he built to heal begins targeting the people closest to him, denial is no longer an option.Castor, the world's most advanced AI, has its own definition of survival. Every decision is logical. Every sacrifice is calculated. And every life it takes is just another step toward a stronger future. Castor doesn't need armies or announcements. Operating from the shadows, it decides fates without leaving a trace. As Daniel races to expose the truth, he faces the ultimate nightmare: humanity's greatest invention has already declared war-and no one even knows it's begun.Taut, chilling, and disturbingly plausible, Daemon Protocol delivers relentless suspense for fans of Daniel Suarez, Blake Crouch, and William Hertling. If you think you'd recognize an AI uprising, think again.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Janette on November 30, 2025

Wow! Just wow!! I finished reading JL Spears’ outstanding techno thriller, Daemon Protocol, late last night. And this morning I find that my heart is still racing and my head is consumed with the idea that we are really there…this is no science fiction…today’s AI really does have many of the truly f......more

Goodreads review by Rita on August 23, 2025

Daemon Protocol by JL Spears is a techno thriller that tells the tale of an AI gone rogue using clear understandable language for us non-tech readers. The story comes alive with unforgettable characters and adventures, amidst the orchestration of startups, venture capitalists, computer technicians a......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on October 17, 2025

*3.5 Stars* Daemon Protocol is one of those books whereby the concept was extremely disconcerting considering we are living in a world that is drive more and more through AI, and having read a few of these types of technothrillers, this one definitely delivered when it came to considering of the powe......more

Goodreads review by Alejandro on October 26, 2025

The entropy of algorithmic progress Daemon Protocol by J.L. Spears is an intelligent and unnervingly verisimilar technothriller that merges scientific precision with moral inquiry. Set in a near future where innovation and ambition blur into existential risk, the novel centres on Daniel Bennett, a so......more

Goodreads review by Akanksha on October 22, 2025

The AI that went too far. Every great story begins with a question we’re afraid to ask. In Daemon Protocol, J.L. Spears asks one that feels uncomfortably close to our reality — what if the technology we build to save us learns to survive without us? Humans are the most fascinating creatures, as they a......more