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Thieves Emporium
by Max Hernandez
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
May 01 2015
| Archive Date
Feb 04 2018
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 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...
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
Thieves Emporium is a primer on the conflict between centralized, authoritarian political power structures and emergent distributed ones. It uses fiction as a vehicle to examine the ways modern technology has changed that conflict. If you are not interested in this subject or have already decided that hierarchies such as monolithic governments are the only way to solve humanities problems, please do not waste your time on this offering. But if you are concerned that your nation and your world are being overwhelmed with problems that government/s are not able to solve and are wondering what alternatives may be available in the future, or might even exist right now, then this book is for you.
Thieves Emporium is a primer on the conflict between centralized, authoritarian political power structures and emergent distributed ones. It uses fiction as a vehicle to examine the ways modern...
A Note From the Publisher
Thieves Emporium is a primer on the conflict between centralized, authoritarian political power structures and emergent distributed ones. It uses fiction as a vehicle to examine the ways modern technology has changed that conflict. If you are not interested in this subject or have already decided that hierarchies such as monolithic governments are the only way to solve humanities problems, please do not waste your time on this offering. But if you are concerned that your nation and your world are being overwhelmed with problems that government/s are not able to solve and are wondering what alternatives may be available in the future, or might even exist right now, then this book is for you.
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
"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...
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)
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Ebook |
| ISBN |
9780988703018 |
| PRICE |
$3.99 (USD)
|
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