First published 2024
In the near future, a once-thriving industrial town finds itself at the mercy of a nationalized company's opaque policies and bureaucratic inertia. As workers struggle to make ends meet, a young engineer named Lena stumbles upon troubling irregularities at the plant. Determined to uncover the truth, she navigates a web of corporate cover-ups and political machinations, risking her career and her very safety. At its core, this is a story about the human cost of centralized control, the fragility of livelihoods, and the courage required to challenge the status quo.
Genres: fiction, 20th-century, business, political-science, economics, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: corporate-cover-up, whistleblower
392 pages · Paperback · Routledge