| There are a plethora of sci-fi books that have | | | | are run by a shady organization known simply as The |
| explored what the Earth would be like after the | | | | Domain. |
| apocalypse, and generally the apocalypse in question is | | | | The opposing force are the fanatical Army of God, |
| a nuclear war, or some sort of plague. | | | | the paramilitary wing of The Church of Natural |
| Unholy Domain takes this genre in a new and very | | | | Humans. Their leader Adam Jordan is on the outside a |
| thought provoking direction. One only has to spend a | | | | charismatic speaker, but is also a man with a single |
| couple of minutes researching the history and growth | | | | minded hatred for technology and those who would |
| of the Internet to realize how in the space of just a | | | | use it. |
| few years it was woven itself into the very fabric of | | | | Our hero in Unholy Domain is David Brown, a young |
| our world. We have near instantaneous communication | | | | student who has the dubious honor of being the son of |
| via email, we have access to enormous repositories | | | | the man accused of unleashing the deadly virus. |
| of information, it has become a part of our day to day | | | | When David receives a message sent 10 years |
| life. I could not live without it! | | | | previously from his father he begins to have doubts |
| Unfortunately there is a potential dark side to the | | | | about his fathers guilt and decides to investigate for |
| technology. Increasingly it is also the backbone used by | | | | himself. David is walking a tightrope, he has enemies in |
| basic infrastructures, power generation, transportation, | | | | high places, neither The Domain, nor the Army of God |
| law enforcement, and a lot more. There have already | | | | are enamored by his presence, for different reasons, |
| been rumblings in the press about what might happen | | | | though one does become his unseen temporary |
| if hackers gained control of a power generating plant, | | | | protector with an ulterior motive in mind. |
| or other basic service. | | | | This is a fast paced techno thriller which I can pretty |
| In Unholy Domain Dan Ronco takes us to a world | | | | much guarantee you will not want to put down, I know |
| where a decade previously (2010) a virus had | | | | I didn't! Set close enough in the future (2020) that most |
| decimated the Internet. Because of the disruption to | | | | of the 'props' are believable, it paints a dark picture of |
| basic services over a million people died. What would | | | | one potential future scenario for mankind. |
| the world look like under these circumstances? | | | | This is a book that is worth searching out, I liked the |
| Dan Ronco takes us to a world that has become a | | | | style of writing a great deal. Each chapter begins with |
| fractured society, the technos and the religious zealots. | | | | some quotes, some old and real, other from books yet |
| In the aftermath of the disaster the government has | | | | to be written. A very cute touch. You don't have to be |
| regulated technology, stifling innovation, this has resulted | | | | a hard core Sci-Fi fan for this one, just a lover of a |
| in an economic situation rivaling the great depression. | | | | great story. |
| Without advancing technology the world has not just | | | | You can pick up your own copy of Unholy Domain |
| stagnated it has regressed to an earlier time. | | | | from Amazon, he also has a web site with additional |
| Technology has become an underground industry, a | | | | information. |
| black market more lucrative than drugs. The technos | | | | |