From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Power comes a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.
The Future—as the richest people on the planet have discovered—is where the money is.
The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction while safeguarding their own survival with secret lavish bunkers.
The Future is private weather, technological prophecy and highly deniable weapons.
The Future is a handful of friends—the daughter of a cult leader, a non-binary hacker, an ousted Silicon Valley visionary, the concerned wife of a dangerous CEO, and an internet-famous survivalist—hatching a daring plan. It could be the greatest heist ever. Or the cataclysmic end of civilization.
The Future is what you see if you don’t look behind you.
The Future is the only reason to do anything, the only object of desire.
I was intrigued by the book’s synopsis and was hoping for an interesting read along the lines of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. What I found was that this book felt too realistic, incredibly clever, and very skimmable. I think there's a lot in here that is very relevant, very relatable, and thus somewhat depressing but it's also got a clever element at play that I wish could be reimagined into our own world. I will say that towards the end, is really where this book absolutely shines for me because it contained a few surprises that I really wasn’t expecting. In all this book was an okay read. Hope you find it more enjoyable.
And as always Happy Reading!!
**Thank you to Simon and Schuster for a free copy for an honest review.
