Bestselling and award-winning author\, Nao mi Alderman will join us to talk about her new book\, \;The Future. Th is new novel 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 thr eatens life as we know it.
\nWhen Martha Einkorn fled her father&rsq uo\;s isolated compound in Oregon\, she never expected to find herself wor king for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling \;ever ything. Now\, she&rsquo\;s surrounded by mega-rich companies designing pri vate weather\, predictive analytics\, and covert weaponry\, while spouting technological prophecy. Martha may have left the cult\, but if the apocal yptic warnings in her father&rsquo\;s fox and rabbit sermon&mdash\;once a parable to her&mdash\;are starting to come true\, how much future is actua lly left?
\nAcross the world\, in a mall in Singapore\, Lai Zhen\, a n internet-famous survivalist\, flees from an assassin. She&rsquo\;s corne red\, desperate and&mdash\;worst of all&mdash\;might die without ever know ing 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 reall y 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?
\nMartha an d Zhen&rsquo\;s worlds are about to collide. An explosive chain of events is set in motion. While a few billionaires assured of their own safety lea d the world to destruction\, Martha&rsquo\;s relentless drive and Zhen&rsq uo\;s insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful or the catacl ysmic end of civilization.
\nBy turns thrilling\, hilarious\, tender \, and always piercingly brilliant\, \;The Future \;unfolds at a b reakneck speed\, highlighting how power corrupts the few who have it and w hat it means to stand up to them. The future is coming. \;The Future&n bsp\;is here. What are you waiting for? Register now! \;
\nAbout the Author: \;Naomi Alderman is the bestselling author of \;The P ower\, which was the winner of the 2017 Baileys&rsquo\; Women&rsquo\;s Pri ze for Fiction. It was longlisted for the 2017 Orwell Prize and chosen as one of the best books of the year by the \;New York Times\, the \; Washington Post\, the \;Los Angeles Times\, NPR\, \;Entertainment Weekly \;and the \;San Francisco Chronicle. \;The Power \; 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 London a nd attended Oxford University and UEA.
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