#Glitch - Böcker

Desperate to break out of the anachronistic community where she has grown up, Poppy determines to save the planet her way, but naivety means she becomes inextricably tangled in the confusing espionage of Caernef. She idolises the enigmatic Miranda, who pays scant attention to her young admirer.By 2034, Nathan, tech-genius of the previous books, has become a multi-billionaire through his Virtuality cyber games. He creates Pia, Poppy's digital twin, unethically, using AI. Poppy is incandescent.As the Caernef gang, led by Robin, reconvenes, Poppy is caught between Miranda and Robin's competing versions of #FutureProof.Virtuality and reality collide in the Future Galactic programme. The future of the planet depends upon the unique fingerprints of both Poppy and Pia.

'We have gone so far down the slippery slope of progress, that we all now need to call a halt. We are slaves to technology, we are polluting our planet at an alarming rate, and too many of our leaders are concerned with lining their own pockets rather than enabling hardworking citizens to thrive. Even more astounding is the emerging evidence that responsibility for the glitch lay, not with cyber-terrorists, not with the #isolators, but with our own government. Friends, there is a way forward ...' Robin FitzWilliam, summer 2025Set after the events of the glitch, Miranda investigates who is behind the series of attacks on national infrastructure in a race against time to prevent a total lockdown of technology. Her arch enemy, Robin, a misfit who is bold enough to speak out, and who lures mavericks into making an ethical stand to challenge the status quo, might be her only hope. Now, framed with murder and on the run from the authorities, Miranda is determined to get as deep into Robin's campaigns as she can, to live and breathe Robin, not only to be her shadow, but to be her.Meanwhile, #isolate is gaining momentum, playing out in the countryside and the cities against the backdrop of a looming general election. An ingenious algorithm is used to promote #Spoiler: 'Legitimately spoil your ballot paper and be counted. Make a difference!'How is it all linked? But more importantly, who can she trust?

Post-pandemic dependence on tech is shattered by the glitch, a cyber-attack, which temporarily knocks out power and communication networks. Hoping to escape society, securing a peaceful life off grid, Robin is thwarted, becoming stranded in Oxford when an unexpected second glitch strikes. Desperate to make it back to Caernef Camp, Robin recruits three companions and is joined by a mysterious gate-crasher. Through a series of bizarre circumstances, the group is pulled into a conspiracy. Competing gangs challenge assumptions about progress and prosperity. With the future of society again at stake, who holds the key to stop the glitch?