{"product_id":"small-town-big-data-when-convenience-becomes-control-9798263834692","title":"Small Town, Big Data: When Convenience Becomes Control","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Brian A. Clark\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Action \u0026amp; Adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to Tranquility. Population: 1,214. Happiness score: 99.8%. Everything is perfect. And that's what's wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen data scientist Sarah Chen escapes Silicon Valley and returns to her sleepy hometown, she's looking for a simpler life. She finds something else entirely: a town transformed. The local coffee shop knows her order before she speaks. Crime is nonexistent. Everyone is flawlessly happy. Tranquility has become a smart-city paradise, optimized for peak efficiency by the very tech company she helped build.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, she's impressed. Then, she sees the cracks in the code. The small acts of rebellion that are quietly erased. The neighbors who seem a little too content, a little too predictable. The whispers of people who questioned the system and simply... vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer old home isn't just connected; it's controlled. The town is a laboratory, and its citizens are the test subjects in an experiment they never agreed to. Now, Sarah, the woman who helped write the first lines of the code, is the only one who sees the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut in a town that sees everything, how do you fight an enemy who knows what you're going to do before you do?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA chillingly plausible techno-thriller for fans of Blake Crouch and Dave Eggers' \u003ci\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/i\u003e. This is a story that will make you look twice at every smart device you own.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46333085057175,"sku":"9798263834692","price":1031.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798263834692.webp?v=1768668571","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/small-town-big-data-when-convenience-becomes-control-9798263834692","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}