Borderless

Interesting follow up to Peper's Bandwidth. While the first novel was presented mostly from the perspective of Dag, this one is primarily from Dag's girlfriend, Diana. It turns out she is a former spy with deep connections to the CIA and while she's no longer in the company, she's still deeply involved in that world, with all the dangers that entails. Which of course means being in a relationship is a bad idea for her. When she is hired to start digging up dirt on the CEO of the company that runs “the Feed,” she gets dragged into an ornate plot that could change the world.

You'll definitely want to read Bandwidth first, but this is a worthy successor. Dag is still there, but he's definitely not the focus he was in the first novel. His old associates return in limited degrees, however.

Ultimately, I felt the plot was above average. The writing style is plain, but works well with the topic. Peper's pacing is excellent. It's not exactly non-stop action, but it doesn't bog down in areas, either. The characters are both believable and their actions make sense in keeping with their nature. There's maybe a touch too much internal dialogue for Diana, but I think it is justified and it's mostly contained in the middle 1/3 of the book.