The novel “Daimones” by Massimo Marino was published for the first time in 2012. It’s the first volume of the Daimones trilogy.

Dan Amenta understands that it’s one of those days when he arrives to his work place and is immediately called to a meeting where various problems emerge and the result is him being fired. Because of the free time that he suddenly has, he pays some attention to the latest news, among which there are animal mass deaths. When he goes to take his daughter Annah to school, they comes across what at first glance looks like a car crash that involved several vehicles but there’s much more.

Very soon, Dan realizes that all people on the road are dead, even if it’s not the consequence of what looked like an accident. A check of the area shows that only he, his wife Mary and their daughter seem to be still alive. Their attempts to reach someone by telephone and via the Internet are vain. Dan and his family don’t know what may have killed almost everyone in the world and keep on trying to contact other survivors. At the same time they must try to survive in a completely new situation.