English language
Published Sept. 24, 2024 by Tor.com.
In a new Little Brother novella, there is no security in obscurity. But there can be redemption in mutual aid.
This novella is the strongest of the shorter works Doctorow has written in the Little Brother series The characters stand out as a strong point for this story, with their perspectives enriching a gripping story of water protectors and allies assailed by the typical bad actions of governments and corporations.
The story starts with a hacker discovering his server has been hacked. From there, it grows as a protest against a pipeline going through Native American land gets violently broken up, as the protestors are investigated from sabotaging the pipeline. The hacker discovers who the real saboteurs are, and the trail leads back through his hacked server.
