Zero

<p><b>A <i>GUARDIAN </i>THRILLER OF THE MONTH</b><br><br>'[Exposes] the dark underbelly of social media giants' societal control via the manipulation of data. <b>Elsberg is nothing if not prescient; this is all pre-Cambridge Analytica</b>.' Barry Forshaw, <i>Guardian</i><br><br>************************<br><br>The gripping bestselling global thriller for fans of Dave Eggers' THE CIRCLE and Channel Four's BLACK MIRROR.<br><br>************************<br><br>Welcome to the Freemee lifestyle app:<br><br>They can give you <b>confidence</b>, <b>power, fame</b> and all the<b> friends </b>in the world. <br><br>But what will they take in return? <br><br>When a teenager is shot dead after chasing a criminal in the street, investigating journalist Cynthia Bonsant is led to the popular social media platform Freemee, a competitor to Facebook whose lifestyle app claims to give you everything you need to succeed in life.<br><br>But there is someone who warns against its evils: Zero, the world’s most-wanted activist, known for exposing the toxic truths behind social media giants and their pursuit of total control. <br><br>As Cynthia gets closer to unravelling the evil mastermind behind the Freemee site, she herself becomes a target. But in this world of hidden cameras, data glasses and hyper-smart phones there is nowhere to hide . . .</p>