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A thoughtful, infuriating and inherently political speculative novel that deals with the seductive danger of technology and the slippery nature of those that wield its powers.

Sara is returning home from a conference abroad when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside at the airport. As a Moroccan American, Sara is well versed in being the victim of profiling at an airport, but as the interview goes on, she realises this time, things are even further out of her control.

Using data from her dreams, the algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming her husband. Retained for 21-days in a ‘facility� for this pre-crime, she discovers that the ever changing rules mean that it will take more than good behaviour to see her family again.

Slipping between her dream life and the nightmarish reality Sara faces at the facility, this novel is fraught with all too real fear of beguiling technology giants, and how they can be used to ostracise, manipulate and victimise their users. Interspersed with report sheets, transcripts, and terms-of-service lingo from the prison guards, there is a realistic, poignant lyricism that exposes the cruel bureaucracy in which Sara is trapped.

There are also clear parallels being drawn to the US government ICE detainment centres, where immigrants are held in often privately owned facilities, who are given no rights nor reasons, or timelines for their release.

This deeply personal and political book will boil the blood, but also hint at hope for change through collective action.