Going Zero
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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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Listened to this in audio and it was good. Interesting premise that a company is testing out their tracking software and offer ten people lots of money if they can go off the grid and not be found for 30 days.
Tech-bro billionaire Cy Baxter has teamed up with the CIA to test a bleeding-edge, national surveillance program called FUSION. Cy is on the path to a 10-year, $100 billion dollar government contract if he can prove it out.
Enter 10 carefully selected civilians given the task to disappear and avoid capture for 30 days. Whoever can manage that will pocket $3 million dollars. No one suspects that a Boston librarian named Kaitlyn Day will somehow manage to avoid capture as the clock counts down.
Simple set-up with a hell of an execution. Short, snappy chapters and enough characters to bounce around and keep the momentum moving even as author McCarten dials up the stakes. This the perfect slump-busting, summer read. While I didn't love the third act turn and found the ending to be a little underwhelming - that's just post-read justifications. I devoured this thing in a few days, happy to suspend disbelief and be carried along for this wholly propulsive ride. Who doesn't love a badass librarian leaning on the real world connections she fosters at her job while she's recommending books to patrons? Makes up for the tantrum-having dick billionaire man-child that we get enough of in the real-world.
