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Watch Dogs: Legion #2
Watch Dogs Legion: Daybreak Legacy
The underground resistance movement from Day Zero returns to navigate the perils of emergent AI and an authoritarian state, in this gritty, high-tech thriller set in the world of Watch Dogs®: Legion
London is still going to hell, even with Albion on the back foot, but Olly and Ro are hard at work finding allies for DedSec and taking down the bad guys. When a job goes awry, they end up doxxed, on the run, and in serious trouble. Bagley, the DedSec AI, gets involved and discovers someone new, someone just like him… another ghost in the machine. Frenemy hacktivist network, 404, tips them off that since terminating the ambitious plan to digitize human consciousness, Project Daybreak, DedSec has become the target for a new player in London. Looks like Project Daybreak isn’t as dead as they thought, and neither are those who died with it.
London is still going to hell, even with Albion on the back foot, but Olly and Ro are hard at work finding allies for DedSec and taking down the bad guys. When a job goes awry, they end up doxxed, on the run, and in serious trouble. Bagley, the DedSec AI, gets involved and discovers someone new, someone just like him… another ghost in the machine. Frenemy hacktivist network, 404, tips them off that since terminating the ambitious plan to digitize human consciousness, Project Daybreak, DedSec has become the target for a new player in London. Looks like Project Daybreak isn’t as dead as they thought, and neither are those who died with it.
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March 21, 2022
A really excellent book written in Stewart's usual in-depth, high-octane style. As someone unfamiliar with the Watch Dogs world, I had to get to grips with things that fans would already be familiar with (the fall of Albion, the Kelley gang), but once I accepted those as facts it was much easier to be swept away by the pace and intricacy of this great book.
It has a fascinating blend of human- and AI-personality characters, with their conflicting - and sometimes similar - attitudes towards both humans and AI, as well as a really good cyber-thriller concept that was presented without ever getting bogged down in 'tech-speak'. I really enjoyed the central premise of Bagley and Halley, while the other protagonists - Olly, Ro and Barbara - added a very human element to the story with their opposing views.
Highly recommended.
It has a fascinating blend of human- and AI-personality characters, with their conflicting - and sometimes similar - attitudes towards both humans and AI, as well as a really good cyber-thriller concept that was presented without ever getting bogged down in 'tech-speak'. I really enjoyed the central premise of Bagley and Halley, while the other protagonists - Olly, Ro and Barbara - added a very human element to the story with their opposing views.
Highly recommended.
September 26, 2022
WATCH_DOGS: LEGION was a video game with a fantastic premise that was undermined by poor systems handling. The post-Brexit London turned to a fascist dystopia by a false flag operation arranged by unknown forces was basically V: For Vendetta crossed with cyberpunk. There are a lot worse combinations you can turn to in order to have an interesting video game premise. Unfortunately, the lack of a concretely written protagonist crippled the storytelling potential of the game as since you could be anyone in the game, you ended up being no one.
Watch_Dogs: Legion: Bloodlines went a long way to correcting the flaws of the game and I frankly don't recommend playing the game without this DLC. It provides Aiden Pearce and Wrench as protagonists who, while not substantially different from the randomly generated characters, have a prequel introduction to the game world that gives it enough emotional weight to be enjoyed. Plus, both of them are badass enough that you can alternate between them to enjoy the whole game.
Daybreak Legacy is an epilogue novel to the video games and follows up the events about six months into the future. Video game fiction rarely pays attention to narrative like this and I appreciated this aversion. However, video game literature is rarely high art and I was skeptical this could be an interesting example of the cyberpunk genre.
Surprisingly, the book proves to be much better than I expected. The premise is that the Albion PMC has been driven from London and the country is slowly returning to "normal" but an accent on the slowly. The chaos of losing their dictatorship has attracted all sorts of looters, bad faith actors, and profiteer to the city that Deadsec is unable to deal with due to their own need to look after themselves.
The book proceeds to raise the possibility that Skye Larsen, a tech billionaire pursuing immortality, has survived the events of the game and become an AI menacing the city. It actually becomes a much more complicated story with questions of AI, ethics, transhumanism, and questions of how to resist fascism in the real world.
The book doesn't have Aiden Pearce or Wrench or any other recognizable characters in its pages. They aren't even mentioned. However, the events of the main game are referenced several times with statements this branch of DeadSec isn't familiar with all the others. Indeed, these characters are actually the protagonists of the previous book, Zero Day, so you might want to read that. Unfortunately, that wasn't that great of a book to begin with.
Really, the best part of Daybreak Zero is the fact that it does tackle a lot of interesting transhumanist questions and ideas. It also stars characters of color and deals with some of the issues that Watch_Dogs: Legion danced around but didn't directly choose to talk about like race as well as class in the United Kingdom.
If you really liked the main game, I think this is worth pursuing but if you didn't then this isn't something to check out. Still, it's pretty good low-key cyberpunk fiction and I enjoyed the choice to use words over violence for the most part.
Watch_Dogs: Legion: Bloodlines went a long way to correcting the flaws of the game and I frankly don't recommend playing the game without this DLC. It provides Aiden Pearce and Wrench as protagonists who, while not substantially different from the randomly generated characters, have a prequel introduction to the game world that gives it enough emotional weight to be enjoyed. Plus, both of them are badass enough that you can alternate between them to enjoy the whole game.
Daybreak Legacy is an epilogue novel to the video games and follows up the events about six months into the future. Video game fiction rarely pays attention to narrative like this and I appreciated this aversion. However, video game literature is rarely high art and I was skeptical this could be an interesting example of the cyberpunk genre.
Surprisingly, the book proves to be much better than I expected. The premise is that the Albion PMC has been driven from London and the country is slowly returning to "normal" but an accent on the slowly. The chaos of losing their dictatorship has attracted all sorts of looters, bad faith actors, and profiteer to the city that Deadsec is unable to deal with due to their own need to look after themselves.
The book proceeds to raise the possibility that Skye Larsen, a tech billionaire pursuing immortality, has survived the events of the game and become an AI menacing the city. It actually becomes a much more complicated story with questions of AI, ethics, transhumanism, and questions of how to resist fascism in the real world.
The book doesn't have Aiden Pearce or Wrench or any other recognizable characters in its pages. They aren't even mentioned. However, the events of the main game are referenced several times with statements this branch of DeadSec isn't familiar with all the others. Indeed, these characters are actually the protagonists of the previous book, Zero Day, so you might want to read that. Unfortunately, that wasn't that great of a book to begin with.
Really, the best part of Daybreak Zero is the fact that it does tackle a lot of interesting transhumanist questions and ideas. It also stars characters of color and deals with some of the issues that Watch_Dogs: Legion danced around but didn't directly choose to talk about like race as well as class in the United Kingdom.
If you really liked the main game, I think this is worth pursuing but if you didn't then this isn't something to check out. Still, it's pretty good low-key cyberpunk fiction and I enjoyed the choice to use words over violence for the most part.
August 8, 2022
I read this. It was good. Unlike my review, which needs work but it's hot and I'm in no mood to interact in these temperatures.
February 27, 2022
I love the Watch Dogs franchise, it is one of the video games that I play regularly and so being able to read this bok was so esciting for me. It was well written with an engaging and interesting storyline and well developed characters that were not only recognisable from the franchose but also incorporated the persoanlities that fans will know well. A really good read and a must for all Watch Dog fans.
June 7, 2022
I've enjoyed the Watch Dogs franchise, and have only recently delved further into the universe by reading Day Zero, which was released by Aconyte books in 2020. So I was delighted to learn that their latest addition to this ever expanding narrative would be continuing the story created in that novel, and would show us what happened next for those characters.
Set after the fall of Albion in London, Watch Dogs: Daybreak Legacy puts readers in a London where people are still kind of holding their breath, waiting to see what happens next. Albion, and their tyrannical rule, is gone, so what next? There's been a vacuum left behind by their destruction, and whilst some people are filling those voids, such as the Met Police coming back, there's still a lot of uncertainty. And this goes for our heroes in DedSec too. They've beaten the villains, they've achieved their goals, and now they're left floundering a bit.
At the start of the book we see some of the members of DedSec, Ro and Olly (who featured in the first novel), using their skills to take down a small group of scammers. They hack into their systems, return the money they stole, give them a bit of a kicking, and leave them to be picked up by the police or run out of London. The big fish are gone, so they've been left to tackle small crime. And whilst this is doing some good there are others who're waiting for DedSec to do something more. They're waiting for them to make real, lasting change that will help large parts of the population. They took down Albion, so they should do something to repair some of that collateral damage.
And it appears that perhaps someone in a position of power agrees with that sentiment, as Olly and Ro become targets. Their identities are altered, they're wanted by police, and they're turned into criminals and terrorists. Olly and Ro are forced to go on the run whilst Bagley, the DedSec AI looks into what's happening and reverse the changes. But Bagley learns something shocking, that they've been targeted by another AI.
It not only looks like this AI was created the same way as Bagley, and has similar abilities, but that the AI thinks that DedSec need to be taught a lesson. Gathering a group of supporters themselves, this new AI is set to take over London and make it its own domain. Teaming up with another group of hacker activists, Ro and Olly are forced back into action to prevent a disaster.
One of the things that I thought was really good about Watch Dogs Legion: Daybreak Legacy is that there's less action in this novel, and more of a focus on the characters. Olly and Ro had some big parts to play in the previous entry in the series, but they seemed to be reacting a lot of the time; forced into action because of events out of their control and never really having a chance to slow down. Here, in contrast, the two of them have plenty of time to consider their next moves, to discuss the issues that they're facing, and to come up with solutions beyond just hacking systems or destroying things.
A large part of this is down to the type of threat that our heroes are facing. Albion was a huge organisation, it had people everywhere, but it was still people. They had troops on the street that you could fight in the physical world, they had systems that you could disrupt to slow their people down, and if you took out key figures the organisation would grind to a halt. But in facing an AI there's no people to fight against. Yes, it has followers, friends to help it out in the real world, but stopping them doesn't stop the AI. The AI can't be easily hacked, it doesn't have one place it exists that can be destroyed. Olly and Ro are having to abandon a lot of the tactics that they've relied on before and having to come up with whole new strategies.
It was really nice to see these characters who had gone on to become competent rebels, freedom fighters who knew what they were doing and how to be use their skill suddenly becoming fish out of water all over again. They stumble and panic, they question what they're doing, and they need to reach out to new allies to help them.
And the new new allies they make, the new characters introduced in this book, are absolutely delightful. Nowt is one of the leaders of 404, a rival hacker group, who absolutely hates AI's, and is one of the more confrontational characters in the book. She's against this new AI, believing that it is a threat to London if left unchecked, and that it's ability to create more AI's is close to being a crime against nature. She wants to destroy the new AI, and any others like it that might exist, and is even antagonistic towards Bagley. In contrast to Nowt, there's Barbara. Barbara is an elderly woman who's a mother and grandmother. When Olly and Ro meet her she cooks them food, tells them off, and acts more like a material figure than a hacker activist. She has a coolness about her that is hiding a warmth beneath that's really delightful, and it was lovely to see her getting to know Olly and Ro, figuring out if she could trust them or not.
There's a lot of time for group dynamics in this book, with chapters given over to the characters sitting around discussing their options, and as such new bonds are soon forged, and you come to really care about the characters in the book. Watch Dogs Legion had you jumping between members of DedSec, recruiting new people to come and work with you, picking the best folks for each mission, and occasionally losing them for good. I never really got attached to any of the player characters whilst playing the game, so it's a pleasant change of pace to actually spend some time with some characters and forming bonds with them. It was something that was a little lacking in the game, and it's an area where the books are really coming out strong.
But it can't all be peace and long character led drama, as there is a big threat to deal with in Watch Dogs Legion: Daybreak Legacy. There are some tense moments throughout the book where our heroes have to infiltrate facilities, try to get past security guards, or just avoid getting arrested. Hotston does a great job of keeping things tense in these parts of the book, and you really do start to worry that things are going to go badly for the characters. There are even a few spooky moments in there too where the book starts to go a bit horror too.
Watch Dogs Legion: Daybreak Legacy proved to be an engaging and interesting follow-up to the game, as well as a great sequel to Watch Dogs Legion: Day Zeo. It made me come to care about the returning characters a lot more, and left me wanting more from them. Hopefully this won't be the last we see of these characters, or this setting.
Set after the fall of Albion in London, Watch Dogs: Daybreak Legacy puts readers in a London where people are still kind of holding their breath, waiting to see what happens next. Albion, and their tyrannical rule, is gone, so what next? There's been a vacuum left behind by their destruction, and whilst some people are filling those voids, such as the Met Police coming back, there's still a lot of uncertainty. And this goes for our heroes in DedSec too. They've beaten the villains, they've achieved their goals, and now they're left floundering a bit.
At the start of the book we see some of the members of DedSec, Ro and Olly (who featured in the first novel), using their skills to take down a small group of scammers. They hack into their systems, return the money they stole, give them a bit of a kicking, and leave them to be picked up by the police or run out of London. The big fish are gone, so they've been left to tackle small crime. And whilst this is doing some good there are others who're waiting for DedSec to do something more. They're waiting for them to make real, lasting change that will help large parts of the population. They took down Albion, so they should do something to repair some of that collateral damage.
And it appears that perhaps someone in a position of power agrees with that sentiment, as Olly and Ro become targets. Their identities are altered, they're wanted by police, and they're turned into criminals and terrorists. Olly and Ro are forced to go on the run whilst Bagley, the DedSec AI looks into what's happening and reverse the changes. But Bagley learns something shocking, that they've been targeted by another AI.
It not only looks like this AI was created the same way as Bagley, and has similar abilities, but that the AI thinks that DedSec need to be taught a lesson. Gathering a group of supporters themselves, this new AI is set to take over London and make it its own domain. Teaming up with another group of hacker activists, Ro and Olly are forced back into action to prevent a disaster.
One of the things that I thought was really good about Watch Dogs Legion: Daybreak Legacy is that there's less action in this novel, and more of a focus on the characters. Olly and Ro had some big parts to play in the previous entry in the series, but they seemed to be reacting a lot of the time; forced into action because of events out of their control and never really having a chance to slow down. Here, in contrast, the two of them have plenty of time to consider their next moves, to discuss the issues that they're facing, and to come up with solutions beyond just hacking systems or destroying things.
A large part of this is down to the type of threat that our heroes are facing. Albion was a huge organisation, it had people everywhere, but it was still people. They had troops on the street that you could fight in the physical world, they had systems that you could disrupt to slow their people down, and if you took out key figures the organisation would grind to a halt. But in facing an AI there's no people to fight against. Yes, it has followers, friends to help it out in the real world, but stopping them doesn't stop the AI. The AI can't be easily hacked, it doesn't have one place it exists that can be destroyed. Olly and Ro are having to abandon a lot of the tactics that they've relied on before and having to come up with whole new strategies.
It was really nice to see these characters who had gone on to become competent rebels, freedom fighters who knew what they were doing and how to be use their skill suddenly becoming fish out of water all over again. They stumble and panic, they question what they're doing, and they need to reach out to new allies to help them.
And the new new allies they make, the new characters introduced in this book, are absolutely delightful. Nowt is one of the leaders of 404, a rival hacker group, who absolutely hates AI's, and is one of the more confrontational characters in the book. She's against this new AI, believing that it is a threat to London if left unchecked, and that it's ability to create more AI's is close to being a crime against nature. She wants to destroy the new AI, and any others like it that might exist, and is even antagonistic towards Bagley. In contrast to Nowt, there's Barbara. Barbara is an elderly woman who's a mother and grandmother. When Olly and Ro meet her she cooks them food, tells them off, and acts more like a material figure than a hacker activist. She has a coolness about her that is hiding a warmth beneath that's really delightful, and it was lovely to see her getting to know Olly and Ro, figuring out if she could trust them or not.
There's a lot of time for group dynamics in this book, with chapters given over to the characters sitting around discussing their options, and as such new bonds are soon forged, and you come to really care about the characters in the book. Watch Dogs Legion had you jumping between members of DedSec, recruiting new people to come and work with you, picking the best folks for each mission, and occasionally losing them for good. I never really got attached to any of the player characters whilst playing the game, so it's a pleasant change of pace to actually spend some time with some characters and forming bonds with them. It was something that was a little lacking in the game, and it's an area where the books are really coming out strong.
But it can't all be peace and long character led drama, as there is a big threat to deal with in Watch Dogs Legion: Daybreak Legacy. There are some tense moments throughout the book where our heroes have to infiltrate facilities, try to get past security guards, or just avoid getting arrested. Hotston does a great job of keeping things tense in these parts of the book, and you really do start to worry that things are going to go badly for the characters. There are even a few spooky moments in there too where the book starts to go a bit horror too.
Watch Dogs Legion: Daybreak Legacy proved to be an engaging and interesting follow-up to the game, as well as a great sequel to Watch Dogs Legion: Day Zeo. It made me come to care about the returning characters a lot more, and left me wanting more from them. Hopefully this won't be the last we see of these characters, or this setting.
March 24, 2022
ARC Copy...Other yes the political-social setting is going make the narrative justifiably uncomfortable and it does take place after Legion with huge spoilers revealed at the start. Fans will like the fact the main "conflict-issue" is Skye Larsen and her legacy of AI tech even after she is gone (which the narrative leaves ambiguous mirroring the game)
February 15, 2023
I have been provided with an advance copy of the new Watch Dogs novel, Daybreak Legacy by Stewart Hotston, published by Aconyte Books, so here is the honest review I promised in exchange for the book.
So here is an important disclaimer which is always important to put out there first. I have a casual work contact with Asmodee to demonstrate board games for them in stores and at conventions. Asmodee being the parent company of Aconyte the publisher.
I am going to try my best to not let that cloud my judgement in this review, but I accept that subconsciously it might.
What is Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs is an action-adventure game franchise, published by Ubisoft, and there have been three games published since 2014, the most recent being Watch Dogs Legion, published in late 2020.
Watch Dogs feature protagonists who are hackers working against criminal underworlds, corrupt companies and rival hackers.
The Story
Daybreak brings the story back to London and picks up in the aftermath of Watch Dogs Legion, and sees Olly and Ro from Day Zero doing work in London to protect people from the predations of criminal gangs, con men and the newly restored Metropolitan Police.
But their activities bring them to the attention of a new group, and they end up on the run after having their IDs changed, setting the authorities on to them and those they love.
Their friendly AI, Bagley, soon discovers that this new group may have an AI of their own, who is interfering in the business of the city. Changing hospital appointments, bumping people up the housing lists, little nudges that could have knock on effects for others who are in need.
Teaming up with Nowt and the hacktivist collective 404, Olly and Ro need to discover the aims of the new AI, and discover is Project Daybreak, truly is dead.
Conclusion
Ok, I am gonna start with the negatives, a couple of little things, that just bugged me, because its set in London, but these little inconsistencies, really spoiled the immersion.
When a characters weight is discussed, they give it only in lb, which isn’t something a British person would really do, they would give it in either kg or st, and it really was quite jarring.
And on a couple of occasions, the Tube is called the Metro, again, just not something that any Brit and especially a Londoner would do.
Sorry to start with the negatives, but they were only a couple of instances, but they really did, immediately stop my immersion in the story and I tried to figure out what the characters would refer to those in that way.
Anyway on to the good stuff, this isn’t a super high octane story filled with action, now you might think that’s not great for video game tie-in fiction, but actually, I think it worked rather well.
There is a fair bit of great action, but its in appropriate places, and works really well.
This book is a great examination of the moral and philosophical questions around the development of AI, and how they would impact on our society. Not AI as in machine learning and large language models such as ChatGPT we have today, but rather true AI that can think, imagine and make decisions all on its own.
The novel feels very appropriate as we moved into an era in which machine learning is accelerating and we will see it start to replace some roles in our society as we are forced once more to adapt to new technology.
The discussions had between the characters about the nature of life, and at what point can or should be accept the decisions of AI, and whether or not AI could become a master, if we give it too much power and control.
The conclusion felt more Star Trek than a video game, with the characters all seeking a peaceful outcome, rather than choosing violence.
The story is very interesting, very though provoking, very much so considering its source material, its deeper than it has any business being!
I have to award this book 4 out of 5 stars, and I very highly recommend it.
So here is an important disclaimer which is always important to put out there first. I have a casual work contact with Asmodee to demonstrate board games for them in stores and at conventions. Asmodee being the parent company of Aconyte the publisher.
I am going to try my best to not let that cloud my judgement in this review, but I accept that subconsciously it might.
What is Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs is an action-adventure game franchise, published by Ubisoft, and there have been three games published since 2014, the most recent being Watch Dogs Legion, published in late 2020.
Watch Dogs feature protagonists who are hackers working against criminal underworlds, corrupt companies and rival hackers.
The Story
Daybreak brings the story back to London and picks up in the aftermath of Watch Dogs Legion, and sees Olly and Ro from Day Zero doing work in London to protect people from the predations of criminal gangs, con men and the newly restored Metropolitan Police.
But their activities bring them to the attention of a new group, and they end up on the run after having their IDs changed, setting the authorities on to them and those they love.
Their friendly AI, Bagley, soon discovers that this new group may have an AI of their own, who is interfering in the business of the city. Changing hospital appointments, bumping people up the housing lists, little nudges that could have knock on effects for others who are in need.
Teaming up with Nowt and the hacktivist collective 404, Olly and Ro need to discover the aims of the new AI, and discover is Project Daybreak, truly is dead.
Conclusion
Ok, I am gonna start with the negatives, a couple of little things, that just bugged me, because its set in London, but these little inconsistencies, really spoiled the immersion.
When a characters weight is discussed, they give it only in lb, which isn’t something a British person would really do, they would give it in either kg or st, and it really was quite jarring.
And on a couple of occasions, the Tube is called the Metro, again, just not something that any Brit and especially a Londoner would do.
Sorry to start with the negatives, but they were only a couple of instances, but they really did, immediately stop my immersion in the story and I tried to figure out what the characters would refer to those in that way.
Anyway on to the good stuff, this isn’t a super high octane story filled with action, now you might think that’s not great for video game tie-in fiction, but actually, I think it worked rather well.
There is a fair bit of great action, but its in appropriate places, and works really well.
This book is a great examination of the moral and philosophical questions around the development of AI, and how they would impact on our society. Not AI as in machine learning and large language models such as ChatGPT we have today, but rather true AI that can think, imagine and make decisions all on its own.
The novel feels very appropriate as we moved into an era in which machine learning is accelerating and we will see it start to replace some roles in our society as we are forced once more to adapt to new technology.
The discussions had between the characters about the nature of life, and at what point can or should be accept the decisions of AI, and whether or not AI could become a master, if we give it too much power and control.
The conclusion felt more Star Trek than a video game, with the characters all seeking a peaceful outcome, rather than choosing violence.
The story is very interesting, very though provoking, very much so considering its source material, its deeper than it has any business being!
I have to award this book 4 out of 5 stars, and I very highly recommend it.
June 2, 2022
Daybreak Legacy follows hot on the heels of Day Zero and ties wonderfully to the ‘end’ of the Watch Dog Legion videogame. I was happy to see the further connection to the game but loved to see Oliver and Rosemary (Ro) back. I enjoyed all the new characters introduced in Day Zero but did have a soft spot for Ro and Oliver. Of course we have Bagley, as always, and I still adore the touch of sass he brings in.
The political and social issues dealt with may be a tad difficult (or a bit too close to home) but Hotston handles them perfectly and respectfully. I personally enjoy books that deal with current issues since it only makes them more believable and is a great medium to highlight issues that need addressing. The tie in to Larsen and her legacy was also a nice touch and I adored the opening at the ending allowing for further expenses into the Watch Dogs canon.
As with Hotston’s other works the writing style is engaging and keeps you wanting to know more and the characters have so much depth that you cannot help to get invested. I particularly enjoy how each character compliments the others skills. All in all another wonderful entry to the Watch Dogs tie-in collection and I really hope there are more to come.
The political and social issues dealt with may be a tad difficult (or a bit too close to home) but Hotston handles them perfectly and respectfully. I personally enjoy books that deal with current issues since it only makes them more believable and is a great medium to highlight issues that need addressing. The tie in to Larsen and her legacy was also a nice touch and I adored the opening at the ending allowing for further expenses into the Watch Dogs canon.
As with Hotston’s other works the writing style is engaging and keeps you wanting to know more and the characters have so much depth that you cannot help to get invested. I particularly enjoy how each character compliments the others skills. All in all another wonderful entry to the Watch Dogs tie-in collection and I really hope there are more to come.
December 30, 2022
After reading Day Zero, I was really looking forward to more DedSec action with Ro and Olly, and I definitely was pleased with this book.
As usual the resistance is strong, and we're introduced to a variety of fun new characters. The plot was an interesting take on AI and I liked the numerous links to Watch Dogs Legion (after the game). It was technical and well thought out, plus the writing was detailed.
The pacing was a little iffy at times but it was more of a personal preference, overall it was a great addition to the franchise. I've still got my fingers crossed for a Wrench book since we got Aiden...
As usual the resistance is strong, and we're introduced to a variety of fun new characters. The plot was an interesting take on AI and I liked the numerous links to Watch Dogs Legion (after the game). It was technical and well thought out, plus the writing was detailed.
The pacing was a little iffy at times but it was more of a personal preference, overall it was a great addition to the franchise. I've still got my fingers crossed for a Wrench book since we got Aiden...
April 1, 2024
This novel mainly follows 2 charaters from. The previous novel zero day Ollie and Roe. I liked seeing them back along with other characters like Sarah lincoln. The author is different than the one that wrote zero day but all the characters felt the same . The plot is about London dedsec and another hacker group called the 404 trying to stop an ai. I really enjoyed how the 2 groups contrasted each other. I thought the new character Barbara an elderly 404 hacker was the most interesting and enjoyed her arc.
March 1, 2023
Really liked this one, but perhaps the ending could be better, but it did end a way for a future follow-up. Lots of action and a great read for fans of the game Watch Dogs Legion. But you should read Day Zero first before ready this one.
November 3, 2023
MORE!!! I want more Watch Dogs. The stories are always so good.
January 5, 2024
The idea of the book is great. But there is an issue with how it is written. The author repeats same things over and over through the book that at one point it gets boring.
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