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Miles M. Hudson

    Deze auteur duikt in de spanning tussen vrijheid en surveillance in een dystopische toekomst, en onderzoekt de gevolgen van ongebreidelde maatschappelijke controle. Zijn detectivemysteries bevatten vaak ingewikkelde onderzoeken waarbij meerdere misdaden samenkomen, wat scherpe deductie vereist. De werken behandelen ook blijvende thema's zoals de impact van klimaatverandering op de samenleving en de zoektocht naar individualiteit in een gecontroleerde wereld. Doordrenkt met persoonlijke passies voor sport, biedt zijn schrijven een unieke kijk op hedendaagse en speculatieve kwesties.

    2089: A future with no secrets?
    • 2020

      2089: A future with no secrets?

      • 276bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      The year is 2089, and technologists have developed a system for remotely tapping into the optic and auditory nerves of all humans. Everything that people see and hear is detected and published publicly online; nothing can be secret. It is the ultimate surveillance society. After the devastating Times of Malthus though, that's what the people wanted - we chose to be watched at all times. Jack Smith, one of the surveillance monitors, blows up the old GCHQ building in Cheltenham, destroying the surveillance computers. He goes on the run across post-apocalyptic Gloucestershire, with old friend Vicky Truva. The two are chased by a ragtag posse, including Vicky's brothers, intent on bringing the apparent revolutionaries to justice. However, the fugitives have the advantage that the information and surveillance network is down. Can Jack and Vicky evade capture, and survive hunger and thirst on the River Severn, for long enough that the people will realise how much better their lives are without the surveillance? Or will they be caught and convicted as the worst terrorists in fifty years?

      2089: A future with no secrets?