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Against the Machine: Manifesto

Against the Machine: Manifesto
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About

Mel Buckworth, dependable family man, loses his manufacturing job through recession. Having lost his sense of purpose his pride sidelines him as he discerns his lack of digital skills so apparent in his children's generation. He is galled by his daughter Dani's university friend, Stanley Best, who is about to achieve fame in the fields of nano technology and artificial intelligence. As Mel desperately attempts to find equilibrium he estranges his family, leaves his wife and enlists the help of a greedy grad student. Will Baker teaches Mel the skills he will need to wreak revenge on a system seemingly discarding him. As his aptitudes grow he begins to use the internet, the very thing he despised, as a weapon to inflict his reprisals. Slowly he turns terrorist to deliver his message: that humans will succumb to machines and the social system controlling them. As his acts grow more lethal, Mel knows he must make an indelible declaration. A "manifesto" to be remembered.

You've seen the spark.
Now watch the fire spread.
Mel Buckworth's fall and rise as a digital avenger, will challenge everything you think about technology, justice, and the cost of being left behind.
Don't leave this page without diving into the story. The future is already watching.

Language - English

Publisher Name - Guernica Editions

Publisher Year - 2021

ISBN-10 - 9781771836951

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