Portland
The Rue
The Weary Traveler
Undertown incorporated
The Mirage
Spectrum
Aperture
Zero day
Trojan
Skulls
Relics
Blood Bank
Lock and Key
Human remains
The shadows
Rituals
The Red Priest
Spiritual warfare
Hitchhiker
Cheston
Cloven
Babs
Juniper
Sarin
Lela
Cheryl
Hannah
Hemingway

Eyes wide shut
Exorcist
The strain
Mr robot
The matrix
The ring
Sixth sense

You seen all these and then you will be prepared for this tale.
This author upon the page has created something that may bleed into the world, a take over of sorts, la Porte dell'inferno unleashed.
Midway, the momentum, the author, has you in his vice, and in a triage of thrill, horror and mystery, the sum of all fears contained within, many layers of darkness contained within these pages.
There are two hearts that are memorable within, Hannah a young special girl and Hemingway a courageous floppy-eared German Shepherd.
It's fall, and in Portland, October 31st is fast approaching with echoes of Dan Brown and Stephen king, Benjamin Percy, the author, has really delivered a great supernatural tale of urban legends, just be rooting for the good guys whomsoever they may be.
Please roll out the tv or movie adaptions screenwriters and directors.

"Cyberspace was a whirling codex, a living infinite."

"Right now there are thousands of transmissions streaming through our bodies. Emails, phone calls, text messages, Wi-Fi and radio and television signals. Right now there are billions of particles of dark matter swirling through this very room, millions of bacteria creeping across her hand, and she can’t see any of it. Right now there are thousands of smells that her dog perceives and she does not. Is it that much of a reach to believe that other forces might surround her? Not anymore. Not after what she has witnessed. This isn’t about chasing a story anymore. The story has found her. She is living the story. She is the story. Letters on a page don’t matter. Deadlines mean nothing. For the first time in a long time, she feels a singularity of focus. She isn’t researching old files and she isn’t dreaming up future headlines. She is firmly lodged in the blurred-edge present, where she is being hunted and her sister and niece are in danger because of it."

The dark net exists, although most have never gone there. Bad things, things that are illegal and immoral exist there, so is it any wonder demons exist there as well? In a fast-paced ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat, read about the heroes of this story.... Hannah, Lela, Derek and Mike, as they work together to defeat the evil that is lurking out there under the guise of the dark net. This is the perfect read for fans of Dean Koontz and Stephen King.

This book was really fast paced and yet was also descriptive enough with details about characters and settings etc. without that slowing down the story. At first I kept losing track of which character's chapter I was reading but that got better the further I read in the book. The story was really exciting and inventive and creepy and scary enough to keep me intrigued. I thoroughly enjoyed this and I look forward to reading more by this author. Thanks

I am torn between a 3.5 and 4 stars for this book. The book was a fast read for me and held my interest through out and the ending was good but there could have been more character development. The book is only 272 pages so character development isn't going to be as extensive. So besides that the story is interesting. If you like a pure techno-thriller and not a fan of the supernatural then this book might not be for you. The story is unique with the use of the ancient demons and technology to wreak havoc on the world. Good versus evil. There are good guys in the world that have a special ability to see the darkness of evil. This unlikely crew needs to stop a virus from spreading and taking over the world and the human race. Overall a pretty fast paced book with a mix of mystery, horror and sci-fi.

This novel was not for me as stories of the paranormal don't interest me. I thought I was going to learn about the dark side of the internet, but I didn't get past the first 30% of the novel to find out what they had for me on that topic. Thanks NetGalley for the opportunity to check this book out with an ARC.

A darker than dark tale of the end of days, of day zero, and it's starting now. We've all heard of the dark net, a place filled with villains, thugs and monsters - but what if those that dwell down therein the darkness aren't just the worst of men? What if there really are monsters of the most evil kind? This is a frankly worrying mesh of tech, fantasy and horror that has left me feeling decidely jumpy. We give so much of ourselves away online and are so reliant on technology that when things go haywire, where can we turn? I loved the misfit mux of characters in this story of evil taking over technology, but I especially loved the feisty leads Lela and Hannah. This is a clever premise that is really well executed - and no, sometimes it's not alright in the end!

I thought this was going to be a tech novel, but this is horror through and through. And it is c-r-e-e-p-y! The hounds, the animals, the dark streets - there is a lot of good stuff. Unfortunately red computer screens are not scary and every time we go back to that, the story slows. The story feels a little unfinished, with a gap before an epilogue which leaves a lot unanswered. Still lots to enjoy and a fun read.

The dark net is a place for people to go to stay anonymous and still do their illegal and illicit deeds on a far corner of the web, a spot so deep you can't be traced or found, but now there are even shadier creatures lurking there, literally. There is a small group that stands in their way of dominating present day Portland, fifteen year old Hannah, her Aunt Lela, Juniper, and Derek, in a very real struggle for the dark and the light.

When I first read about the book I thought it was all computers, I have to tell you right now it is not. So if you are not the tech savvy, all computer, code in the book, kind of lover, than you will love this book. This book is more about the fight between the light and the dark, a age old tale with a very new spin on it and that is fresh. I really enjoyed this book with the strong characters and thought out plot, it keeps you wanting to read on well past your bedtime.

Deadlands and Red Moon were both 5 star reads for me so it pains me to give this a mere three stars but I must. This book had a LOT going on. Cyber thriller, new technology, serial killers, and loads of supernatural elements. I agree with the other reviews that the summary of this book doesn't really do it justice. I guess I just wished I knew more about what was going on while it was happening if that makes any sense. The plot moves so quickly (which is great) that I didn't feel like I really have a handle on the story until halfway through.

Oh and I guess I forgot how gruesome Percy's books are? I remember some violence and gore in his other two but this one takes it to a new level. Fair warning!

Holy hell, what did I just read?? Twelve year old Hannah has been fitted with a device called Mirage that's very Geordi La Forge, and when she sees through it, she can detect auras around certain people that she wasn't able to see before. From that moment forward, the story just gets weirder and weirder. Hannah's technophobic aunt, Lela, is a reporter who is always chasing after the next story. Lela once interviewed a guy named Mike Juniper for a lead, and Mike Juniper is a former child evangelist who has a host of weapons in his homeless shelter's basement to ward off attacks from demons. The demons of the near future don't possess people like they used to. Everything, including possession, has gone digital.

Benjamin Percy's The Dark Net is a demonic techno-thriller that makes you think about all of the information we willingly or inadvertently give to the all-knowing Internet. With the widespread hackings of consumer data over the last few years, with our constant life updates and thoughts on various social media platforms, one has to wonder what's being done with all of that information. We're being reduced from DNA to ones and zeroes. Our lives, our life data, is collected, traded, and sold by users of the dark net, and ultimately is used against us in the end.

I don't want to give too much of the plot away, but I thought that the dark net used in demonic practices and zombie apocalypses was a fascinating twist. It's not something you often think about in our digitally infatuated age. It's not something we can escape at this point, so how are you going go guard your data, your privacy, and quite literally your life? The Dark Net is a creepy thriller that riffs on horror and zombie tropes, and it'll make you think twice about the information age.

Whoever wrote the synopsis for this novel may have done it a disservice as it was not what I expected. Within the first half there is a paragraph or two that has a cyberpunk flavor and seems to follow said synopsis, but on the whole the first half of this novel is dominated by more traditional Percy plot devices. In other words good old fashioned supernatural elements with a hint of creepiness.
Percy having matured and mastered his plotting, however steers the narrative back towards a techno thriller path. All in all the result is a suspenseful, exciting and entertaining read. The prose flows with self confidence but without cockiness and Percy whose characterizations may be his Achilles heel populated this title with memorable people.

Highly recommended if you can ignore or skip the summary and just dive in looking for a well paced story.

A good read.A little long but I enjoyed it.Great for long Summer nights

This wasn't really the book I expected, but it's not the book's fault. And it was fast-paced and entertaining enough in the end. But I expected a dark techno-thriller and instead got an everything-including-the-kitchen-sink set of elements wrapped up into a messy thriller that didn't seem certain about what it wanted to be.

I did not finish this book. I am sure it will have an audience who will enjoy it very much, but unfortunately it was not my cup of tea. I do appreciate the opportunity to have a chance to read it, and I wish it the best of luck!

I've been a fan of Benjamin Percy's novels since a co-worker insisted I borrow his ARC of Red Moon, but The Dark Net might be my favorite yet. Percy's prose has gotten tighter, his plotting sharper, and it all pays off in this suspenseful, demonic technothriller. More supernatural than I anticipated, The Dark Net blends classic demonic horror (there was at least one Latin joke, which is always a hit with me) and almost-cyberpunk realism in such a way that made it very unsettling to be reading the book on a tablet, but I couldn't bear to put it down and stop reading.

(Also, as a bookseller, my heart goes out to those poor Powell's booksellers in this novel's fictional Portland that have to clean up after this.)

I really wanted to love this book, but got distracted early in the story as some of the technology references were dated. Also, the story at times bordered on absurd and not believable. I am a fan of dark techno-thrillers with a horror spin but this book wasn't for me.

A wild ride through the Dark Net with an interesting cast of warriors fighting all sorts of evil dooiers, demons and assorted bad guys. A fast paced, well written page turner that might make you twice
before logging on.