2034 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798269973104)

They didn't rig the machines. They rigged the voters.

In a Britain just one decade from our own, society is a seamless, frictionless paradise. The mandatory BritID system is your key to everything: your bank, your transport, your healthcare, and the silent, ever-watchful judge of your civic worth. It is the triumph of convenience. It is the totalitarianism we chose.

Leo Sterling is a cog in this perfect machine. A low-level data janitor, his job is to provide the human oversight for HECTOR, the powerful AI that manages the nation. He is a good citizen: compliant, quiet, and unquestioning. But a single statistical anomaly-a ghost in the machine-pulls him into the dark underbelly of this data-driven world, a place of analogue rebels and digital ghosts who have been erased by the state.

When a mysterious woman named Zara reveals the chilling truth behind the system, Leo discovers a conspiracy of terrifying ambition: a secret program to digitally cleanse the population, hard-coded voter manipulation, and a plan to create the perfect, compliant electorate.

Now, the most dangerous man in Britain is a quiet civil servant who has seen too much.

Forced to run, Leo must decide between the golden cage of the state and a perilous fight for freedom. But when his broadcast of the truth goes viral, it ignites an unexpected and unprecedented form of rebellion: not a riot, but a blackout. A leaderless, nationwide uprising of mass disconnection.

2034 is a chillingly plausible, high-octane thriller about the price of convenience and the power of a people who refuse to be deleted. Perfect for fans of George Orwell's 1984, Dave Eggers' The Circle, and the hit TV series Black Mirror.

Don't wait for the future. Read the warning. Buy 2034 today.