The Dark Net – Benjamin Percy

„When you know someone’s pissed about what you’re writing – when you know you’re potentially in danger – that’s when you know you’re doing your job.“ (quotation page 36)

Content

Lela Falcon, reporter, is researching a story about a company called Undertown, that had now ownes a building connected to Lela’s first story, many years ago, about the serial killer Tusk. Now his sign, a red right hand appears again. He is dead – is he? Together with her niece Hannah, Mike Juniper, Josh, intern at her editor and his friend Derek, a genious of a hacker, she tries to stop an ancient dark force that is about to change the world through an internet virus.

Theme and Genre

This thrilling story is a combination of magic, horror and modern technology. It is gripping and makes you hope for the lives of the protagonists that try everything to stop the dark forces.

Conclusion

A book that makes you unable to put down, but for readers like me too much of „traditional horror“ with ugly figures to fight. I was hoping for more IT and dark net instead. But with the story developing and going on, it absolutely convinced me, drove me forward until the end. Definitely a book for readers that like the horror-genre and authors like Stephen King.