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Title details for Going Zero by Anthony McCarten - Available

Going Zero

A Novel

by Anthony McCarten
Marin Ireland
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TWO HOURS TO VANISH.

ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE.

ZERO ALTERNATIVES.

Ten Americans have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. FUSION can track anyone on earth. But does it work?

For one contestant, an unassuming Boston librarian named Kaitlyn Day, the stakes are far higher than money, and her reasons for entering the test more personal than anyone imagines. When the timer hits zero, there will only be one winner...

From four-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten comes a breakneck, wickedly entertaining thriller for our times, a twisty, action-packed novel reminiscent of the best Michael Crichton technothrillers.

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  • Release date

    April 11, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780063227095
      • File size: 280308 KB
      • Duration: 09:43:58

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 6, 2023
      In screenwriter McCarten’s strong debut, Fusion, a Silicon Valley company led by flawed genius Cy Baxter, is competing for a $90 billion contract to provide the federal government with a massive new surveillance system, promoted as a public good but concealing several nefarious features. To test the system, Fusion picks 10 contestants from the public, gives each a two-hour head start, and promises anyone $3 Emillion if they can stay undetected for 30 days. One builds a hidden room in his house; another holes up in a storage locker; a third tries to blend in with the homeless. One contestant, Boston librarian Kaitlyn Day, does more than hide. On day 28, Kaitlyn stuns Baxter with a zinger: use Fusion’s power to locate her lost husband, believed to have disappeared in Iran three years earlier on a CIA mission, or she’ll reveal the company’s deceptive promises to the government. McCarten taps into the current fascination—and revulsion—with modern advances in facial recognition, AI, and location data, though chase story fans may like more chase and less techno navel-gazing. This is an edgy, compulsively readable thriller. Agent: Jennifer Joel, ICM Partners. (Apr.)This review has been updated to remove a plot spoiler

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Thanks to Marin Ireland's sure-footed narration, listeners will eagerly follow Kaitlyn Day through multiple plot twists in this thriller. Kaitlyn is one of 10 Americans who have been selected to beta test Fusion, spyware, which was developed by the CIA, ostensibly to track down terrorists. At the appointed time, when all the participants receive a text telling them to "Go Zero," they turn off their cell phones and disappear off the grid. Whoever evades discovery will win a big paycheck--but what if neither side is playing by the rules? Kaitlyn, a librarian with no apparent spook skills, turns out to be a worthy opponent, though the ultimate enemy is elusive. In a world grappling with cell phone tracking and AI overreach, this is a timely and absorbing tale. L.W.S. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

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