Anthony McCarten

Hat man als Einzelner überhaupt eine Chance gegen das System? Eine junge Bibliothekarin aus Boston ist entschlossen, es zu versuchen – ihr bleibt keine Wahl. Und so greift sie zu, als sich die Einladung zu einem ungewöhnlichen Kräftemessen bietet: dem Betatest von FUSION, einem Projekt der US-Geheimdienste und des Social-Media-Moguls Cy Baxter. Wem es gelingt, 30 Tage unauffindbar zu bleiben, dem winken 3 Millionen Dollar. Doch Kaitlyn geht es um etwas anderes.

Going Zero

Celine

»Tut mir leid, ich kann es wirklich nicht gutheißen, wenn eine Privatfirma Profit daraus schlägt, dass sie mit ihren Algorithmen, ihrer Reichweite und ihrem Microtargeting ohne jede Moral den Leuten irgendwelche Informationen unterjubelt, vieles davon gezielte Desinformationen, die unsere gemeinsame Realität zerstören, den gesellschaftlichen Diskurs vergiften und unsere demokratischen Prozesse lahmlegen«, fährt Kaitlyn fort. 

Fast paced, patches that are very skimmable, engaging but I think ultimately a little disappointing in its ending.

Feel there was a huge build up and then not a tonne of payoff. I get that that’s a story element and a societal point, but given the tone of the rest of the book, a nice rounding off would have been a touch more satisfying.

Will Dawson

Fast paced, patches that are very skimmable, engaging but I think ultimately a little disappointing in its ending.

Feel there was a huge build up and then not a tonne of payoff. I get that that’s a story element and a societal point, but given the tone of the rest of the book, a nice rounding off would have been a touch more satisfying.

LOVED the book, but it was also a little bit repetitive and monotonous at a certain point in the middle

Ana Sofia Marques Coelho Fernandes 

LOVED the book, but it was also a little bit repetitive and monotonous at a certain point in the middle

I loved de premise and how it revealed 

Fast paced and easy to read. A bit cartoonish but fun.

Jamie R

From four-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten comes a breakneck, wickedly entertaining thriller for our times, a twisty, action-packed novel reminiscent of the best Michael Crichton technothrillers, in which a woman must find a way to elude the most powerful forces of government and high tech.

In the name of national security, the CIA in partnership with Silicon Valley wunderkind Cy Baxter have created the ultimate surveillance program known as FUSION. Ahead of its roll out, ten Americans have been carefully selected to Beta test the groundbreaking system.

At the appointed hour, each of the ten will have two hours to “Go Zero”—to turn their cellphones off, cut ties with friends and family, and use any means possible to disappear. They will then have 30 days to evade detection and elude the highly sophisticated Capture Teams tasked to find them using the most cutting-edge technology. The goal is to see if it is possible to successfully go “off the grid” and escape detection.

The stakes are immense. If FUSION is a success, Cy Baxter will secure a coveted 10-year, $100 billion dollar government contract and access to intelligence resources he truly believes will save lives. For any participant who beats the massive surveillance, it means a $3 million cash prize.

Among the contestants is an unassuming Boston librarian named Kaitlyn Day. She’s been chosen as the gimme, the easy target expected to be found first. But Kaitlyn excels at confounding expectations. Her talents at this particular game are far more effective than all the security experts suspect, and her reasons for playing far more personal than anyone can imagine...

Patricia Nelson

Listened to this in audio and it was good. Interesting premise that a company is testing out their tracking software and offer ten people lots of money if they can go off the grid and not be found for 30 days.

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