English language
Published 2024 by St. Martin's Press.
Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large, black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC. But there are He cannot look inside the box. He cannot ask questions. He cannot tell anyone.They must leave immediately.He must leave all trackable devices behind. As the pair hit the road, rumors spread on social media that the mysterious woman was living in an apocalypse shack in the wilderness . . . and that her possessions are radioactive. Amateur sleuths, including a retired FBI agent, believe the box is part of a carefully-orchestrated terror attack intended to plunge the USA into civil war. What ensues is a chaotic race against time across an angry and anxious nation, an ensemble of eccentric misfits desperately searching for the truth in a dark cloud of paranoia. It …
Outside Los Angeles, a driver pulls up to find a young woman sitting on a large, black box. She offers him $200,000 cash to transport her and that box across the country, to Washington, DC. But there are He cannot look inside the box. He cannot ask questions. He cannot tell anyone.They must leave immediately.He must leave all trackable devices behind. As the pair hit the road, rumors spread on social media that the mysterious woman was living in an apocalypse shack in the wilderness . . . and that her possessions are radioactive. Amateur sleuths, including a retired FBI agent, believe the box is part of a carefully-orchestrated terror attack intended to plunge the USA into civil war. What ensues is a chaotic race against time across an angry and anxious nation, an ensemble of eccentric misfits desperately searching for the truth in a dark cloud of paranoia. It quickly becomes clear that regardless of what is or isn’t inside that box, this trip is destined to end in fire and screams.
Wild. Viele Gedanken, die eingestreut werden, neben der eigentliche Geschichte, die nur ein Vehikel ist. Menschenverachtung kommt auch vor, aber ich denke nicht, dass der Autor sie sich zu eigen macht.
This time around, Jason Pargin (a.k.a David Wong), of [b:John Dies at the End|1857440|John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)|David Wong|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1189289716l/1857440.SY75.jpg|1858059] John Dies at the End fame, ditches the horror and sci-fi tropes and goes for a contemporary satire of social media madness.
He dealt with social media before, especially in his Zoe Ashe novels. But this time the more realistic setting and the attempt to find a way out of the vortex results in more than fun satire.
This time around, Jason Pargin (a.k.a David Wong), of [b:John Dies at the End|1857440|John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1)|David Wong|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1189289716l/1857440.SY75.jpg|1858059] John Dies at the End fame, ditches the horror and sci-fi tropes and goes for a contemporary satire of social media madness.
He dealt with social media before, especially in his Zoe Ashe novels. But this time the more realistic setting and the attempt to find a way out of the vortex results in more than fun satire.
