{"product_id":"version-zero-isbn-9780593190371","title":"Version Zero","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the brilliant mind of \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author David Yoon comes a lightning-fast and scorchingly observant thriller about how we can save ourselves from the very real perils of a virtual world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMax, a data whiz at the social media company Wren, has gotten a firsthand glimpse of the dark side of big tech. When he questions what his company does with the data they collect, he's fired...then black-balled across Silicon Valley. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith time on his hands and revenge on his mind, Max and his longtime friend (and secretly the love of his life) Akiko, decide to get even by rebooting the internet. After all, in order to fix things, sometimes you have to break them. But when Max and Akiko join forces with a reclusive tech baron, they learn that breaking things can have unintended--and catastrophic--consequences.One of \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly'\u003c\/i\u003es \"Best New Books\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The novel is at its best when satirizing the high-tech business world and internet culture...fans of dystopian fiction will want to check this one out.”\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For his first adult novel, YA superstar Yoon draws on his decades in the tech industry to envision a takedown of the digital world so complete that paper comes back into fashion...A fast-paced, contemporary take on \u003ci\u003eThe Monkey Wrench Gang\u003c\/i\u003e, blowing up digital infrastructure instead of dams.”--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With \u003ci\u003eVersion Zero\u003c\/i\u003e David Yoon holds up a mirror to our ways of life, our hardships and vulnerabilities. As he lures us into the story of a smart, naive young man’s desire to make the world a better place, the mirror turns black. This propulsive, visceral, tech-rich tale is both all head and all heart , which is to say, it’s all David Yoon.”--\u003cb\u003eCaroline Kepnes, author of \u003ci\u003eYou\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eVersion Zero\u003c\/i\u003e is fast and fun, but more importantly, it’s an incisive, thoughtful takedown of Big Tech, our own social media consumption, and ultimately, may just serve as a call to arms.”—\u003cb\u003eRob Hart, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Warehouse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Imagine a world in which the entire Internet is controlled by a handful of shady CEOs. Oh. Right. Well, imagine someone doing something about it. Imagine a high-speed, edge of your seat adventure with stakes higher than you can measure. Imagine it told in David Yoon’s unique and singularly engaging prose. That’s \u003ci\u003eVersion Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, an addictive, brain-hacking exploration of the tech-run world we live in, and a rollercoaster so fast it will blow your hair off.\"--\u003cb\u003eSylvain Neuvel, author of \u003ci\u003eSleeping Giants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Yoon\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Orange County, California, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Nicola Yoon, and their daughter. He drew the illustrations for Nicola's #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eEverything, Everything.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003ci\u003e Frankly in Love\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a William C. Morris Award finalist and an Asian\/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature Honor book. You can visit him at davidyoon.com.9780593190357|excerpt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoon \/ VERSION ZERO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMax is twenty-­eight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is sometime in the future. Where is he? Probably alone. No friends. No girlfriend. He could still be in Tokyo, among the brutalist canyons of apartment buildings. Office towers crowding into the blue of the early morning haze.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMax must read a lot. What else would there be to do these days?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSay he reloads his vaporizer with a fresh cartridge. Say it looks like a tiny vial of blood. He takes his first hit. On the other side of the planet I step out into the helgic light of late afternoon, wishing I could have one, too. But pregnant girls can’t smoke. So I hold two fingers to my lips and inhale an invisible cigarette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe exhales a billowing wisp taller than himself. It dissipates like a cloud from an ­ukiyo-­e painting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagine his apartment. Bookcase after bookcase, all the manga and anime he could ever want. No laptops. No devices. A stack of postcards and an inkwell and fountain pen. A small tidy apartment. An ocean of pretty Japanese girls to look at.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo they remind him of me?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI do not want to think about that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaybe he is working on something secret. Or is he simply hiding?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI know all about hiding. I hide in plain sight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom below, the square notes of a crosswalk melody float into Max’s hearing. It’s an old, warbling tune called “Toryanse.” Max has probably studied it like he studies everything. He hears it every day—­he must, it’s unavoidable—­and every time it reminds him of the last time we ever saw each other. I’m sure of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoing in is easy \/ Returning is scary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut while it is scary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou may go in \/ You may pass through\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJapan suits him. Lots of tidy spaces and orderly routine. Being Salvadoran American, Max has hair dark enough, stature compact enough to vanish into crowds with an ease he never knew back in Southern California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack in Playa Mesa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI don’t know what he does next. Say he removes his Buddy Holly glasses. He presses the heels of his hands into his eyes until swirls and checkerboards appear. When he opens them we are atop that bright snowy mountain under the impossible deep blue sky where the days last much longer than they should.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow I wanted one final kiss. How childish. There was no time anyway. 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