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The Future
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Guinevere Turner, Natalie Naudus, Jeremy Bobb, Santino Fontana, Graham Halstead, Lorelei King, Fred Sanders, Naomi Alderman
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it.
When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now, she’s surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private weather, predictive analytics, and covert weaponry while spouting technological prophecy. Martha may have left the cult, but if the apocalyptic warnings in her father’s fox and rabbit sermon—once a parable to her—are starting to come true, how much future is actually left?
Across the world, in a mall in Singapore, Lai Zhen, an internet-famous survivalist, flees from an assassin. She’s cornered, desperate and—worst of all—might die without ever knowing what’s going on. Suddenly, a remarkable piece of software appears on her phone telling her exactly how to escape. Who made it? What is it really for? And if those behind it can save her from danger, what do they want from her, and what else do they know about the future?
Martha’s and Zhen’s worlds are about to collide. An explosive chain of events is set in motion. While a few billionaires assured of their own safety lead the world to destruction, Martha’s relentless drive and Zhen’s insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful or the cataclysmic end of civilization.
By turns thrilling, hilarious, tender, and always piercingly brilliant, The Future unfolds at a breakneck speed, highlighting how power corrupts the few who have it and what it means to stand up to them. The future is coming. The Future is here.
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- Strohbi
- 2023-11-18
Loved it!!
Great story, thought provoking, insightful anecdotes.
Parts of this book will sit with me for a while.
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- Janine E White
- 2024-01-04
The voice actors knocked this fantastic roller-coaster ride out of the park!
Warning: this is not a casual listen, there’s a lot going on and without a paper copy it’s easy to get lost, so save it for those times when you can really listen. Provocative, thoughtful sometimes in incredibly creative ways, it’s set in a future that feels disconcertingly realistic…but it’s also a little tiny bit hopeful. Alderman is a powerhouse of ideas and insights.
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