Bestselling and award-winning author\
, Naomi Alderman will join us to talk about her new book\, \;The Futur
e. This new novel delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of fri
ends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose gree
d threatens life as we know it.
When Martha Einkorn fled her fathe r&rsquo\;s isolated compound in Oregon\, she never expected to find hersel f working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling \ ;everything. Now\, she&rsquo\;s surrounded by mega-rich companies designin g private weather\, predictive analytics\, and covert weaponry\, while spo uting technological prophecy. Martha may have left the cult\, but if the a pocalyptic warnings in her father&rsquo\;s fox and rabbit sermon&mdash\;on ce a parable to her&mdash\;are starting to come true\, how much future is actually left?
\nAcross the world\, in a mall in Singapore\, Lai Zhe n\, an internet-famous survivalist\, flees from an assassin. She&rsquo\;s cornered\, desperate and&mdash\;worst of all&mdash\;might die without ever knowing what's going on. Suddenly\, a remarkable piece of software appear s 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?
\nMart ha and Zhen&rsquo\;s worlds are about to collide. An explosive chain of ev ents is set in motion. While a few billionaires assured of their own safet y lead the world to destruction\, Martha&rsquo\;s relentless drive and Zhe n&rsquo\;s insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful or the c ataclysmic end of civilization.
\nBy turns thrilling\, hilarious\, t ender\, and always piercingly brilliant\, \;The Future \;unfolds a t 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 Fut ure \;is here. What are you waiting for? Register now! \;
\nAbout the Author: \;Naomi Alderman is the bestselling author of \; The Power\, which was the winner of the 2017 Baileys&rsquo\; Women&rsquo\; s Prize for Fiction. It was longlisted for the 2017 Orwell Prize and chose n as one of the best books of the year by the \;New York Times\, the&n bsp\;Washington Post\, the \;Los Angeles Times\, NPR\, \;Entertain ment Weekly \;and the \;San Francisco Chronicle. \;The Power&n bsp\;topped Barack Obama&rsquo\;s list of his favorite books from 2017 and has been translated into more than thirty languages. Naomi grew up in Lon don and attended Oxford University and UEA.
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