The era of privacy is over. With the proliferation of cameras, social networks, and automated surveillance systems, everyone is being watched at all times and people have begun to give in to the surveillance state. Well, almost everyone... Laurette is a young, rebellious teenager in London plotting an attack on a major government data center with a group of activists. But when the plan goes wrong, Laurette disappears, kidnapped by unknown agents. Dissatisfied with the police's lack of progress, Adil, Laurette's brother, decides to investigate on his own. A science-fiction story that explores a future not too far from our own, tackling the issue of surveillance from both sides of the law.
T1 The Kingdom of the Blind
The era of privacy is over. With the proliferation of cameras, social networks, and automated surveillance systems, everyone is being watched at all times and people have begun to give in to the surveillance state. Well, almost everyone... Laurette is a young, rebellious teenager in London plotting an attack on a major government data center with a group of activists. But when the plan goes wrong, Laurette disappears, kidnapped by unknown agents. Dissatisfied with the police's lack of progress, Adil, Laurette's brother, decides to investigate on his own. A science-fiction story that explores a future not too far from our own, tackling the issue of surveillance from both sides of the law.
T2 The Kingdom of the Blind
In the near future, many of the world's citizens are kept under close surveillance by government authorities. In London, Laurette, a rebellious teenager, has gone missing after taking part in an attack on a government data center. Adil, her brother, has joined the police to try to find her, but is growing suspicious of his boss, unsure whose side he's really on. At the same time, Laurette has joined the ranks of an even more covert organization determined to dismantle the surveillance state. The second installment of a science-fiction thriller where everyone is being watched, and no one is who they seem.
T3 The Kingdom of the Blind
London, 2060. Two years after the "Invisibles" underground terrorist group was caught, Laurette and Adil have taken on new lives. However, the events of the past catch up to them when a colleague of their father, Francis—the mastermind behind the terrorist group—reaches out, determined to make Francis answer for the way he betrayed the group for personal gain. As Laurette and Adil come to terms with the implications of their father's actions, the situation spins exceedingly out of control... Who will come out on top?
Our society at some point in the future. Under mass surveillance. The majority prefer it that way. Living under the illusion of democracy. A group of revolutionary “lefties”, amongst whom Laurette, proceed to blow servers up to fight the system they find so oppressing. Things don’t quite go as planned, and Laurette is abducted by an underground group, secretive and way more efficient. Their targets: the usage of the huge amount of... En lire plus