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Crowd: A Dystopian Social Network Thriller (Final Draft)

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What if an algorithm controls your life?

In the near future, California is plagued by civil riots. Exploding rent, high crime, and political corruption threaten the lives of ordinary people.

Enter Crowd, an advanced social network that ranks each citizen by their contribution to society, ensuring justice for all.
Want affordable healthcare or better employment?

If you rank high enough, you can get it.

Rayn Cruzada is an ambitious graduate who joins Crowd as a field agent. Her high score allows her to investigate citizens with problematic low ones. Conflict arises as no one understands the algorithms, and losing your ranking means losing your apartment and access to transport. Or worse...

With California on the brink of civil war, Rain has to discover whether Crowd is the solution or a problem.

Inspired by Black Mirror, The Circle, and The Social Network, Crowd is a pre-dystopian thriller.All Rights Reserved

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In a world where reality is negotiable and the future is a probability wave, one woman holds the key to humanity's survival-or its destruction. Meet Eve Thorne: MI6's top quantum spy, a master of parallel possibilities, and now, the reluctant guardian of the multiverse. When a routine mission uncovers "Project Oracle," a shadowy initiative with the power to predict-and control-the future, Eve is thrust into a high-stakes game of multiversal chess. With the enigmatic Puppeteer pulling strings from the shadows and realities collapsing around her, Eve must navigate a labyrinth of quantum deception where every choice splits the timeline and every ally could be an enemy in disguise. Joined by brilliant physicist Dr. Amelia Zhao, charming CIA operative Gabriel Stone, and a host of unexpected allies from across the quantum divide, Eve races against time-and probability itself-to unravel a conspiracy that threatens not just our world, but every possible version of it. "Quantum Deception" fuses cutting-edge physics with heart-pounding espionage, taking readers on a mind-bending journey through parallel worlds, each fraught with danger and possibility. As the lines between friend and foe, reality and illusion blur, one question remains: In a universe of infinite possibilities, can free will survive? Dive into a reality-warping adventure that will challenge your perceptions, quicken your pulse, and leave you questioning the very nature of existence. "Quantum Deception"-where the observer effect is a weapon, Schrödinger's cat is a state secret, and the fate of all possible worlds hangs in the balance. Are you ready to collapse the wave function?