Thieves Emporium
by Max Hernandez
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Pub Date May 01 2015 | Archive Date Feb 04 2018
Bob Biles | New Badlands Publishing
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Description
A novel of technology, economics, and death in the age of the surveillance state.
What price freedom when government knows all our secrets?
This
is the story of a young mother's attempt to survive in a new digital
underworld. Follow her as she becomes a pioneer, a smuggler, a spy, and
a freedom-fighter while dodging forces that threaten to destroy the
very foundations of the modern nation-state.
Fast-paced and prescient. The characters and plot in
this novel are fictional, but the technology and economics are real.
So is the place.
It's growing around you, right now. Like cracks in the armour of the
surveillance state.
Read about it while you still can.
Warning:
Three pages of this work contain graphic depictions of sexual,
physical, and emotional abuse. Use caution when distributing this work
to anyone under the age of 18.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
"Thieves Emporium is a technically-accurate novel that uses fast-paced
fiction to examine the fight for liberty in the age of the surveillance
state. Leaning heavily on the militarized police state, and the legacy
of Keynes, every chapter bears a lesson perfect for Personal Liberty
101." - Daily Anarchist
"The author spins a tale that both
begs for the next page, and echoes what more and more are concluding
every day: that freedom is free; it's the keeping of slaves that's
costly." - Manchester Free Press
"I read it not as entertainment, (but) as more of a call to action..." - Piranha Review
"..pretty well sums up whats going on right now and gives plenty of information to boot." - Tom Aldrich, Infowars.com
"Twenty
or thirty years ago we would have called these musings a cyberpunk
futuristic vision, but today it is becoming reality at a very fast
pace." (Translated from Hungarian) - Percomis Events
"...very
interesting because when you read it you feel that .. one day ... this
book will come true. ..its an interesting book. I recommend you to read
it." (Transcribed from an audio interview) - French programmer Nicolas Dorier, founder of NBitcoin
" I recommend reading this book!" - Brian Goss, Director, Bitcoin Foundation
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780988703018 |
| PRICE | $3.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Kevin D, Reviewer
I happened to finish reading this book just as the Intel chip news broke so cyber security is now very much on my mind.
Conspiracy theories apart the capacity for governments to track their citizens through their smart phones and laptops is now well documented ( even retailers can track users data on Loyalty cards), the idea that there are individuals who manipulate the money markets to their own agendas is also believable, just look at the Libor scandals etc. Counterfeiting destabilises the economy. So I suppose it is not such a leap to the presence of The Badlands, criminals will always be in the forefront of exploiting weakness for their own ends. That there are also individuals who abide by their own set of morals and use cyberspace for good reasons is also believable
. Investigative journalism is about exposing secrets. Only by their exposure can things be changed and villains brought to account, unfortunately these individuals still managed to evade justice.
Fawn ultimately had only really one goal which was to protect her girls and she was prepared to do just about anything to do that, exposing the homeless shelters and camps for what they were was about finding her husband. The violence she suffered I did not feel was gratuitous, it demonstrated why she was so desperate to escape her pimp .
Somehow it was Joshua who appeared to lose the most. His belief in and the upholding of the law was tested and sometimes the gamekeeper must turn poacher .
We are told transparency makes for better security, but think Julian Assange , and who decides what becomes transparent ? Only those who have the power .
A good story which ultimately left me ( as any on this subject) feeling powerless. What's new?
