{"product_id":"the-future-9781668025697","title":"The Future","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Power \u003c\/i\u003edelivers a \"page-turning\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e), \"propulsive\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), \"thrilling\" (\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartha Einkorn never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling \u003ci\u003eeverything\u003c\/i\u003e. Now, she's surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private weather, predictive analytics, and covert weaponry while spouting technological prophecy. Across the world, in a mall in Singapore, Lai Zhen, an internet-famous survivalist, flees from an assassin. Suddenly, a remarkable piece of software appears on her phone telling her exactly how to escape. Who made it? What do they know about the future that Zhen doesn't? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Martha and Zhen's worlds collide, an explosive chain of events is set in motion. While a few billionaires assured of their own safety lead the world to destruction, Martha's relentless drive and Zhen's insatiable curiosity could lead to something beautiful--or it could herald the cataclysmic end of civilization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns \"playful, incisive, horribly relevant, and surprisingly hopeful\" (Lauren Beukes, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining Girls\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Future\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds at breakneck speed, highlighting how power corrupts the few who have it and what it means to stand up to them. The future is coming. \u003ci\u003eThe Future \u003c\/i\u003eis here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaomi Alderman is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Power\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Women's Prize for Fiction, and was chosen as a book of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and was recommended as a book of the year by both Barack Obama and Bill Gates. As a novelist, Alderman has been mentored by Margaret Atwood via the Rolex Arts Initiative, she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and her work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. As a video games designer, she was lead writer on the groundbreaking alternate reality game Perplex City, and is cocreator of the award-winning smartphone exercise adventure game \u003ci\u003eZombies, Run!\u003c\/i\u003e, which has more than 10 million players. She is professor of creative writing at Bath Spa University. She lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878426186002,"sku":"9781668025697","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_740ef8a9-f6f1-4dce-97d1-65d7d58d7996.jpg?v=1766486277","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-future-9781668025697","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}