Life after the Daemon is pretty good. Despite the government's utter fear of the self-sufficient darknet communities, powered by the Daemon and making the world a more sustainable place, many people are jumping on the bandwagon. As a sort of IRL videogame, the darknet members gain levels, ranks and powers based on their help for the Daemon and the help for the community. It builds greatly onto the near-future universe constructed in Daemon, so read that first! And there is a lot less violence this time around. Yeah, people still get their fingers chopped off, and their tongues cut out, and disemboweled by autonomous motorcycles, but it's a bit scarcer than in Freedom's predecessor.

My favorite bit was the HUD glasses, that give you a darknet overlay onto whatever you're looking at. A whole other dimension, and countless layers to augment your reality with.

If you liked Daemon, read this book. It will be well worth your time.