Burn-In

By: P. W. Singer, August Cole

Narrated by: Mia Barron

An FBI agent hunts a new kind of terrorist through a Washington, DC, of the future in this ground-breaking book - at once a gripping techno-thriller and a fact-based tour of tomorrow.

America is on the brink of a revolution, one both technological and political. The science fiction of AI and robotics has finally come true, but millions are angry and fearful that the future has left them behind.

After narrowly stopping a bombing at Washington’s Union Station, FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan receives a new assignment: To field-test an advanced police robot. As a series of shocking catastrophes unfolds, the two find themselves investigating a conspiracy whose mastermind is using cutting-edge tech to rip the nation apart. To stop this new breed of terrorist, their only hope is to forge a new type of partnership.

Burn-In is especially chilling because it is something more than a pulse-pounding listen: Every tech, trend, and scene is drawn from real world research on the ways that our politics, our economy, and even our family lives will soon be transformed. Blending a techno-thriller’s excitement with nonfiction’s insight, Singer and Cole illuminate the darkest corners of the world soon to come.

©2020 P.W. Singer and Redoubt LLC (P)2020 Recorded Books

Future possibilities

Your story gives future possibilities and power at candy cane by the government in private industry is gone unchecked

This is a great listen!

I loved everything about this book; the narrator, the story, and the production were all just wonderful. I hated to come to the end.

Storyline ok; The “voices” unnecessary

The story line was intriguing but it could have done without the F*words,as they did not add to the story realism. The reader also did not need to speak in a little girl’s, man’s, or robot’s voice. That took away from the story rather than adding detail.

Over all it was a middle of the road audio book that I will not listen to again or recommend for anyone else.

It was OK

I read this because I really enjoyed Ghost Fleet, but this book was not as good. Ghost Fleet stayed pretty neutral politics wise and told a great story. This book had some interesting parts and made you think about where technology will take us in the future, however it had little political one liners throughout that were annoying and didn’t really add to the book. Felt like the authors were just trying to let everyone know where they stand politically with these one liners.

1Timely in many ways in mid 2020

Well written, well paced and very credible, especially in terms of different factions and their dramas