Featured in the Washington Post The 9 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2022! A highly anticipated 2022 release for Polygon The Washington Post The Nerd Daily BookBub The Philadelphia Inquirer The Portalist Tor.com The City Inside , a near-future epic by the internationally celebrated Samit Basu, pulls no punches as it comes for your anxieties about society, government, the environment, and our world at large--yet never loses sight of the hopeful potential of the future.
Ultimately, resistance will not--cannot--take the same shape for these two very different people..
When a bigger picture begins to unfold, they must each decide how to do the right thing in a world where simply maintaining the status quo feels like an accomplishment.
But as Joey and Rudra become enmeshed in multiple conspiracies, their lives start to spin out of control--complicated by dysfunctional relationships, corporate loyalty, and the never-ending pressures of surveillance capitalism.
When his father\'s death pulls him back into his family\'s orbit, an impulsive job offer from Joey becomes his only escape from the life he never wanted.
Rudra is a recluse estranged from his wealthy and powerful family, now living in an impoverished immigrant neighborhood.
Joey\'s job gives her considerable culture power, but she\'s too caught up in day-to-day crisis handling to see this, or to figure out what she wants from her life.
Her job is to supervise the multimedia multi-reality livestreams of Indi, one of South Asia\'s fastest rising online celebrities--who also happens to be her college ex.
Joey is a Reality Controller in near-future Delhi.
They\'d known the end times were coming but hadn\'t known they\'d be multiple choice.
Featured in the Washington Post The 9 best science fiction and fantasy novels of 2022! A highly anticipated 2022 release for Polygon The Washington Post The Nerd Daily BookBub The Philadelphia Inquirer The Portalist Tor.com The City Inside , a near-future epic by the internationally celebrated Samit Basu, pulls no punches as it comes for your anxieties about society, government, the environment, and our world at large--yet never loses sight of the hopeful potential of the future
