![]() An assertive female narrator provides an inside view of London’s alluring but cutthroat media technology scene. THE BOILER PLOT is a suspense novel about a society weakened by its dependence on the internet, and a media blinded by its hunger for sensation. They travel to Abu Dhabi, risking their safety to learn what’s been lost in the quest for the latest news scoops, and Alex tries to extricate herself from a trap she, in part,has laid. The world’s economy crashes down on Canary Wharf, and Alex’s relationships crash along with it. Noah Stein, wily, celebrated investigative journalist, starts asking questions: where do they get their funding? Why the Middle Eastern HQ? It’s creepy-a human-like hologram that lives with you-and its creators are swimming in cash hardly a typical start-up. But some things about Avadar don’t add up. Alex starts getting in with powerful figures in Westminster. She’s an American technology PR agent who came all the way to London to work with the best media in the world, when she’s handpicked to hype Avadar, a ‘Google killer,’ in the press. THE BOILER PLOT is about how the media’s ‘next big thing’ is really a scam that abuses the presumed anonymity of the internet.Īlex Sanderson is young, isolated, and hungry for success in a business dominated by men. ![]()
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