"Drew Minh uses his background in digital advertising to craft an
all-too-believable Brave New World for our social-media addicted age.
Recommended for fans of Black Mirror."--Andrew Shaffer, New York
Times bestselling author
In a state-of-the-art city where social media drives every aspect of
the economy, a has-been Hollywood director and an investigative
journalist race to uncover the relationship between a rising tide of
violence and corporate corruption.
Bold, colorful, and dangerously seductive, Eutopia is a new breed of
hi-tech city. Rising out of the American desert, it's a real-world
manifestation of a social media network where fame-hungry desperados
compete for likes and followers. But in Eutopia, the bloodier and more
daring posts pay off the most. As crime rises, no one stands to gain
more than Eutopia's architects--and, of course, the shareholders who
make the place possible.
This multiple-POV novel follows three characters as they navigate the
city's underworld. Cedric Travers, a has-been Hollywood director, comes
to Eutopia looking for clues into his estranged wife's disappearance.
What he finds instead is a new career directing--not movies, but
experiences. The star of the show: A'rore, the city's icon and lead
social media influencer. She's panicking as her popularity wanes, and
she'll do anything do avoid obscurity. Sacha Villanova, a tech and
culture reporter, is on assignment to profile A'rore--but as she digs
into Eutopia's inner workings, she unearths a tangle of corporate
corruption that threatens to sacrifice Cedric, A'rore, and even the city
itself on the altar of stockholder greed.
