The Social Event

By: Don Lively

Published June 11th 2014 by Don Lively

Category: Business

Pages: 350 pages

ISBN: 9780692233122

Description:
What if there were an app that could understand your every want and need? What if millions of people around the world adopted it and used it for every aspect of their daily lives? And what if the information gathered by this app was used to manipulate the populace into believing that enemies were threatening them, that everything they held dear was under attack and if they didnÕt act, everything they valued would be lost? How long do you think it would take for a society to implode?

Kim Ishida has developed the worldÕs leading predictive social networking app. In no time, her technology makes the iconic MyPhone indispensable to millions of people across the planet. But unbeknownst to Kim, centers of power are working behind the scenes to use this technology for their own evil ends. Feeding the fear and hatred of the masses, dormant political and cultural hostilities are revived, and erupt into violence and war worldwide.

In the aftermath, KimÕs focus is singular: she must kill Fortune Teller. Driven to her journey by a burden that will not relent, she will not stop until Fortune Teller is dead.

But Fortune Teller knows she is comingÉ

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"The Social Event is the 21st century's 1984 - a compelling read of a very near and frighteningly possible future." - Lauren Walden Rabb, Author of Interview with Mrs. Berlinski and The Rise and Fall of the Trevor Whitney Gallery