In a near-future Baltimore, an unemployed bipolar journalist and a teenage hacker are the last hope for a dystopian world controlled by a giant media corporation.
In Sleep State Interrupt, a giant media corporation has taken over the Internet, created an addictive virtual reality called BetterWorld, and controls nearly all information. Politicians do their bidding and a brainwashed humanity serves a privileged few.
Waylee Freid, an unemployed Baltimore journalist with ever-worsening bipolar disorder, is the only hope for a brighter future. She and her countercultural friends bust a notorious teenage hacker out of jail and sneak into a closed presidential fundraiser at the Smithsonian castle, where they hope to record incriminating admissions that will wake up the world. Hunted by Homeland Security, Waylee and her friends must reach a sufficient audience by broadcasting their video during the Super Bowl. But to do so, they'll have to break into one of the most secure facilities ever built.
Excerpt
First four chapters:
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Professional Reviews Near-future cyberpunk done right
"Sleep State Interrupt is near-future cyberpunk done right, featuring a diverse cast in a disturbingly plausible future. In a world where corporate, political, and media interests are aligned, a few courageous hackers risk their lives to change the broken system."
-T. Eric Bakutis, author of Glyphbinder and Demonkin
Highly recommended
"Exceptionally well written, Sleep State Interrupt is a gritty, darkly humorous techno-thriller with flawed, believable characters, a taut, compelling plot, and a lot to say about the present-day USA. Highly recommended."
- Zeke Teflon, author of Free Radicals
Mission Impossible meets the Avengers
"The premise of this story is like Mission Impossible meets the Avengers, but smarter in its portrayal of a dystopian world... Targeted advertising, subliminal influencing, endless privacy violations - all this is already unsettling. Weber takes this concept and pushes it to a terrifyingly believable level... Waylee's character was a masterpiece."
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