J. Kayes Book Blog: Peacemaker has a subtitle, A Thriller, and that is dead on!
October 10th, 2008Peacemaker, by Dan Ronco, is the first in his sci-fi thriller series. I read the second book, Unholy Domain, first and gave it 5 checks. His last, Tomorrow’s Children, will be out in the spring of 2009.
On Dan Ronco’s website, DanRonco.com he says he came up with the idea at work. At the time, he was a general manager at Microsoft. I thought “Wow, a book about Microsoft’s goal of being the only software in the world!” However, it is not. It’s better!
I’m not going to summarize the plot, there are many other reviews that already do that. But I will say the two competing operating systems are Atlas and Companion, similar to Windows and Apple/Mac. The software systems and an anti-trust lawsuit by the government are the only similarities to the Microsoft and Apple.
Peacemaker has a subtitle, A Thriller, and that is dead on! I read in one day, a Sunday, and it was an exciting and fast-pace story. The writing was not as smooth as the second book as there were spots that repeated itself; however, it did not take anything away from the up and down suspense of the plot! Even though I know what was going to happen from reading the second book, it drew me in and captivated me.
Piers Anthony wrote: “Exciting, violent, thoughtful, and unfortunately true to life…a powerhouse of computer adventure.”
I definitely will be in line for third book, Tomorrow’s Children.
Review by Steve Oldner for J. Kayes Book Blog
My rating is 5 out of 5.