The Memory Brokers (eBook)

Where Memories Are Currency, and Truth Is the Most Dangerous Commodity.

Erinn Collins (Autor)

Ai (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024 | 1. Auflage
132 Seiten
Publishdrive (Verlag)
9780000670298 (ISBN)

Infos

In Neo-Veridia, a metropolis bathed in perpetual twilight, memories are currency.  Skyscrapers shimmer with ads for synthetic experiences, offering escape into curated bliss. Anya Sharma, a sharp and cynical Memory Broker, thrives in this market of manufactured emotions.  She witnesses the vacant stares and forced smiles, a growing unease gnawing at her.  Then, a troubled client presents her with a fragmented memory - a haunting melody, a whispered name - a raw, untamed emotion that shatters the polished facade of Neo-Veridia's manufactured contentment.
Anya's investigation into this anomaly plunges her into a world of corporate conspiracy and chilling control. The Oversight Corporation, architects of Neo-Veridia's stability, promises an escape from the mundane. But Anya uncovers a darker truth: synthetic memories aren't just escapism; they are a sophisticated form of social control, meticulously designed to suppress dissent and mold citizens into docile consumers.
Allied with a guilt-ridden former memory designer, Anya navigates a treacherous landscape of surveillance and manipulation.  They uncover Oversight's insidious biofeedback system, a technology that monitors neurological responses, tailoring synthetic memories to reinforce conformity and erase individuality.  As Oversight tightens its grip, introducing 'enhanced' memories that rewrite personal histories, Anya realizes the very technology designed to bring happiness is enslaving the city.
With agents closing in, Anya and her ally hatch a daring plan to infiltrate Oversight's headquarters and expose their machinations.  Inside, they discover a hidden laboratory, witnessing firsthand the devastating effects of enhanced memories - individuals stripped of their identities, reduced to empty shells.  The confrontation with Oversight's chillingly pragmatic leader reveals the true extent of their control and the chilling rationale behind it.
In a desperate gamble, Anya unleashes a virus, exposing Oversight's manipulation to the city. Neo-Veridia erupts in chaos, the illusion of contentment shattered. As the city grapples with the truth, a flicker of the fragmented memory jolts Anya's client into clarity, igniting a fight for authentic experience.  In the ensuing blackout, a symbolic shattering of the manufactured reality, Neo-Veridia begins a painful but hopeful journey of rediscovering the messy, unpredictable beauty of genuine human connection, and the enduring power of choosing one's own reality.  A new dawn breaks, hinting at a future where happiness is not a commodity, but a right.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.11.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• ISBN-13: 9780000670298 / 9780000670298