Unholy Domain
by Dan Ronco (Goodreads author!)
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It’s 2022, a decade after a devastating computer virus was unleashed upon America and the world. Civilization has crumbled in an economic collapse that rivals the Great Depression of the previous century. During this harsh decade, the schism between those who think technology will save the world and those who believe it to be the tool of Lucifer has reached a boiling point. The Church of Natural Humans, led by the charismat...more
It’s 2022, a decade after a devastating computer virus was unleashed upon America and the world. Civilization has crumbled in an economic collapse that rivals the Great Depression of the previous century. During this harsh decade, the schism between those who think technology will save the world and those who believe it to be the tool of Lucifer has reached a boiling point. The Church of Natural Humans, led by the charismat...more
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Read in July, 2008
I remember in mid 1998, businesses were being warned about the upcoming chaos that would be caused when the computer clocks ticked over to 2000 and all those older programs that only had two digits stored would assume it was 1900. We were told to expect a mortgage meltdown (that came later but not from computer error), massive power outages and other chaos. None of that materialized except maybe in small isolated cases. Y2K as it came to be known was a source of stories, including a funny episo...more
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Read in May, 2008
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Rare is the book that can capture one’s attention right from the start, without any warning. Such is Dan Ronco’s Unholy Domain.
Set in the years following the destruction of the Internet and technology (see Peacemaker, Ronco’s first book), a couple of factions arise to try to ultimately take control of the world’s power and rebuild a crumbling or crumbled economy. There is the “Church of Natural Humans” and the “Domain”.
The Church of Natural Humans is waging a Holy War, ...more
Set in the years following the destruction of the Internet and technology (see Peacemaker, Ronco’s first book), a couple of factions arise to try to ultimately take control of the world’s power and rebuild a crumbling or crumbled economy. There is the “Church of Natural Humans” and the “Domain”.
The Church of Natural Humans is waging a Holy War, ...more
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Ray Brown was the world’s most infamous person. To the world, he was the monster that created PeaceMaker, a lethal virus like none before. To those who worked with him, Ray was a genius who shifted between extreme brilliance and intense darkness. To his family, he was simply an absentee father.
But who was the real Ray Brown? Ray’s son David has lived his life paying for his father’s inheritance. David receives a mysterious email about the true creator of PeaceMaker, supposed sent from...more
But who was the real Ray Brown? Ray’s son David has lived his life paying for his father’s inheritance. David receives a mysterious email about the true creator of PeaceMaker, supposed sent from...more
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Unholy Domain, by Dan Ronco, is the second in his sci-fi thriller series. Peacemaker, the first, is about a computer virus that changes the world, for the worst. Unholy Domain picks up about 10 years later. It is a fast, exciting read. I read half the book the first night and finished it the next day. Much to my dismay, I found out this was the second book and regret not reading the first one first! Now I must wait until next year (Spring 2009) to read the third one, Tomorrow's Children.
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This is a great piece of near-future science fiction that reminds me of works from Neal Stephenson and William Gibson. Set in a realistic vision of a world where things have somewhat broken down and the corporations continue to grow in power while the federal government wanes. Many interesting characters that fit together well in the overall story. The protagonist is a very interesting and likable character. I liked the fact that the religious nuts are christians and not muslims.
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Read in August, 2008
A fast paced techno thriller that doesn't pull any punches. The graphic nature of some sequences may not be to everyone's tastes but there's a lot of material to chew on in this book.
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Read in June, 2008
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another good book I'm told.
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"Technos and clerics have much in common. Both take a world that can’t be fully understood and try to explain its fundamental properties.
Clerics postulate beliefs that can never be proven; they demand you accept these postulates as your Faith, which will guide your actions and thoughts. It’s a top down way of thinking; start with the big picture and derive rules for living. Fundamental knowledge is static. Even the derived rules rarely change.
Technos work from the bottom up. They build a baseline of observations and formulate theories to explain these phenomena. Nothing is sacred; with new observations, theories are discarded or modified to fit the facts.
Technos and clerics; how could they not be in conflict?
Dan Ronco’s Diary, 2016
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