In March 2024, I began writing this novel about a weaponized pandemic that would kill three billion people and be used as justification for global technocratic control.
I started because the pieces were already visible: gain-of-function research on deadly viruses, billionaire- funded pandemic preparedness programs that looked remarkably like control systems, increasing surveillance infrastructure justified by public health, and a growing philosophical movement among tech elites that democracy was too slow and humanity needed "management."
This is a work of fiction. The Council of Synthesis does not exist—at least not under that name. The specific pandemic timeline is invented. The characters are imaginary.
But the technologies are real. The surveillance capabilities exist. The philosophical frameworks justifying technocratic control are published and advocated by real people with real power. The tension between individual liberty and collective security is not imaginary.
I wrote this as entertainment—a thriller to keep you turning pages. But I also wrote it as a thought experiment: What happens when crisis becomes opportunity for those who believe freedom is a luxury humanity can't afford?
The Nakamura family chooses freedom over safety, struggle over submission, the hard path over the easy one. They pay a terrible price for that choice.
I hope we never face the choice they faced. But if we do, I hope we choose as they did.
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In March 2024, I began writing this novel about a weaponized pandemic that would kill three billion people and be used as justification for global technocratic control.I started because the pieces were already visible: gain-of-function research on deadly viruses, billionaire- funded pandemic preparedness programs that looked remarkably like control systems, increasing surveillance infrastructure justified by public health, and a growing philosophical movement among tech elites that democracy was too slow and humanity needed "management."This is a work of fiction. The Council of Synthesis does not exist-at least not under that name. The specific pandemic timeline is invented. The characters are imaginary.But the technologies are real. The surveillance capabilities exist. The philosophical frameworks justifying technocratic control are published and advocated by real people with real power. The tension between individual liberty and collective security is not imaginary.I wrote this as entertainment-a thriller to keep you turning pages. But I also wrote it as a thought experiment: What happens when crisis becomes opportunity for those who believe freedom is a luxury humanity can't afford?The Nakamura family chooses freedom over safety, struggle over submission, the hard path over the easy one. They pay a terrible price for that choice.I hope we never face the choice they faced. But if we do, I hope we choose as they did. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9798177439013
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