Inventive and powerfully written thriller about social media, politics power, and intrigue!
Alan Rhode offers a powerful and alternative look at world politics, and how things could look in the future. Essentially a political thriller, I found the pace and tempo of the writing just right, and was gripped write to the end. Power, politics and social media are at the heart of this novel, which is set in a post-Brexit and post-truth world. It kept me gripped right up until the last page. Its a must read for anyone interested politics, communications, AI etc., and for those who are curious about the impact these might have on the future of the world as we know it!
Is this the future round the corner? Are we already being played by the mega media-giants? What a concept!
Lucia Morè is the famous political vlogger behind Miss Cliché and a fervent Europhile.
Vincent d’Amont is a former Mayor of Paris and the face of Charlemagny, the movement which is pushing for the union of France and Germany.
ROME is the social network of Europe. It controls everything and is now proposing to organise a vote – not a referendum, certainly not - for the citizens of the two countries: to unite and break away from the European Union or to stay with the status quo?
This is a fast-paced thriller with a definite sense of threat running through it. But who is threatening who? Who is Marlene Gäch, the elusive founder of ROME? And is Employee Zero to be wholly trusted?
The characters are interesting and believable and the plot is refreshingly unusual. There is a lot going on but you never get lost in the narrative. I think if I have a criticism it is that some of the dialogue is a bit clunky: I found it didn’t quite sound authentic. And the fact that you can’t get onto the M1 in Birmingham!
There is obviously going to be another book, which is great as there are a lot of loose ends. A good read.