The Editors

"Strikingly relevant" [Taylor Lorenz], The Editors is unnervingly familiar to anyone who has googled, scrolled, or browsed online in the past decade.

Aim for Neutrality. We Need Better Sources. Anonymity is Fundamental. Keep Developing.

The editors know these principles. The editors follow them every day - usually. The editors may not be recognized on the street, but they craft the information that is seen on nearly every internet search. Through Infopendium, a global, crowd-sourced internet encyclopedia, the editors influence the world.

Freelance journalist Morgan Wentworth, recently laid off from PopFeed News, attends the Global Infopendium Conference in New York expecting a straightforward story to help pay the rent. But the so-called "pendium people" are full of surprises. PhDs rub shoulders with high school students, all quoting the project's rules and regulations like a second language. Sure, millions of people see the facts curated by these editors, but who really cares about the free encyclopedia?

When a hacker attacks the conference and posts a cryptic message, it becomes clear that somebody does. And Morgan decides to find out who. But the path through an online information war is far from clear. Foreign governments, billionaires, and a global virus threaten to sway the truth on Infopendium.

And far from Morgan's sight, in places as different as Beijing and Kansas, some of the editors have plans of their own . . .

Author: Stephen Harrison
Publisher: Inkshares
Published: 08/13/2024
Pages: 412
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9781950301676
ISBN10: 1950301672
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Visionary & Metaphysical
- Fiction | Thrillers | Technological
- Fiction | Alternative History