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In a world where technology dictates every move, the most dangerous weapon is the power of independent thought.

Alex Vanguard has spent his life designing the very systems that control him. Every transaction, every movement, every decision is monitored-optimized for efficiency but stripped of freedom. In Valhalla District, the government's AI enforcers maintain order, social credit determines worth, and questioning the system is the fastest way to disappear. The pandemic, once framed as a health crisis, was used as a prelude to establish totalitarian control and surveillance. When Alex stumbles across evidence that the world is not as it seems, the foundation of everything he believes begins to crumble.

As he digs deeper, Alex catches the attention of Voxx Pop, an underground resistance group fighting back against digital authoritarianism. They show him what he was never meant to see: how the state engineers obedience, how every crisis is manufactured, and how the system keeps people compliant without them even realizing it. But escaping isn't as simple as walking away. How do you rebel when AI predicts your every move-and the authorities control the narrative?

With a relentless AI enforcer hunting the resistance and a lifetime of conditioning whispering doubts in his ear, Alex must unravel the web of deception before it unravels him. Each revelation leads him further down a rabbit hole of control, and every ally demands a cost. Every step toward freedom makes him a greater threat to those in power. At home, the conflict deepens-his wife and son, trapped in the same system, can't understand why he questions everything.

To break free, Alex will have to do more than escape-he'll have to outsmart a system built to silence him. The battle for his freedom has only just begun.

Imagine 1984's Orwell with a VR headset, plugged into The Matrix, binge-watching Black Mirror. This story will disrupt how you see the world. Are you ready to wake up?

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Critical Brains
Date
13 April 2025
Pages
212
ISBN
9789083539126

In a world where technology dictates every move, the most dangerous weapon is the power of independent thought.

Alex Vanguard has spent his life designing the very systems that control him. Every transaction, every movement, every decision is monitored-optimized for efficiency but stripped of freedom. In Valhalla District, the government's AI enforcers maintain order, social credit determines worth, and questioning the system is the fastest way to disappear. The pandemic, once framed as a health crisis, was used as a prelude to establish totalitarian control and surveillance. When Alex stumbles across evidence that the world is not as it seems, the foundation of everything he believes begins to crumble.

As he digs deeper, Alex catches the attention of Voxx Pop, an underground resistance group fighting back against digital authoritarianism. They show him what he was never meant to see: how the state engineers obedience, how every crisis is manufactured, and how the system keeps people compliant without them even realizing it. But escaping isn't as simple as walking away. How do you rebel when AI predicts your every move-and the authorities control the narrative?

With a relentless AI enforcer hunting the resistance and a lifetime of conditioning whispering doubts in his ear, Alex must unravel the web of deception before it unravels him. Each revelation leads him further down a rabbit hole of control, and every ally demands a cost. Every step toward freedom makes him a greater threat to those in power. At home, the conflict deepens-his wife and son, trapped in the same system, can't understand why he questions everything.

To break free, Alex will have to do more than escape-he'll have to outsmart a system built to silence him. The battle for his freedom has only just begun.

Imagine 1984's Orwell with a VR headset, plugged into The Matrix, binge-watching Black Mirror. This story will disrupt how you see the world. Are you ready to wake up?

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Critical Brains
Date
13 April 2025
Pages
212
ISBN
9789083539126