Bestselling and award-winning author Naomi Alderman will join us to talk about her new book\, "The Future." This new novel i s a dazzling tour de force in which a handful of friends plot a daring hei st to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it.
\nWhen Martha Einkorn fled her father&rsquo\;s isolated co mpound in Oregon\, she never expected to find herself working for a powerf ul social media mogul hell-bent on controlling \;everything. Now\, she &rsquo\;s surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private weather\, pr edictive analytics and covert weaponry while spouting technological prophe cy. Martha may have left the cult\, but if the apocalyptic warnings in her father&rsquo\;s fox and rabbit sermon &mdash\; once a parable to her &mda sh\; are starting to come true\, how much future is actually left?
\nAcross the world\, in a mall in Singapore\, Lai Zhen\, an internet-famous survivalist\, flees an assassin. She&rsquo\;s cornered\, desperate and &m dash\; worst of all &mdash\; might die without ever knowing what's going o n. 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 thos e behind it can save her from danger\, what do they want from her\, and wh at else do they know about the future?
\nMartha and Zhen&rsquo\;s wo rlds are about to collide as an explosive chain of events is set in motion . While a few billionaires assured of their own safety lead the world to d estruction\, Martha&rsquo\;s relentless drive and Zhen&rsquo\;s insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful &mdash\; or to the cataclysmi c end of civilization.
\nBy turns thrilling\, hilarious and tender\, and always piercingly brilliant\, "The Future" unfolds at a breakneck spe ed\, 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 . What are you waiting for?
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\nAbout the Author: \;Naomi Alderman is the bestselling author of "The Power\," which was the winner of the 2017 Baileys Women&rsquo\;s Prize for Fiction. It was longli sted 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 \;L os Angeles Times\, NPR\, \;Entertainment Weekly \;and the \;Sa n Francisco Chronicle. "The Power" topped Barack Obama&rsquo\;s list of hi s favorite books from 2017 and has been translated into more than 30 langu ages. Naomi grew up in London and attended Oxford University and UEA.
\ nThis event is part of \;DBRL's \;Online Author Series\, supported by David Lile honorarium funds . A recording will also be available for later viewing on the \;author series site.
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