
The System
A Novel of the Deep State
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Barry Eisler
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Barry Eisler
A riveting exposé of the inner workings of American power—as gripping as House of Cards and as fraught with personal dynamics as The Diplomat.
Valeria Velez has just pulled off a stunning upset in California's 27th District, ousting ten-term corporatist incumbent Fillian Dunne from his seat in Congress. Young, beautiful, and idealistic, Valeria and her boyfriend/campaign manager Preston Jante are determined to use Valeria's new position to "stop stuffing the maw of the military machine" and return power to the people. But when fugitive hacker Lance Thaddeus uncovers a top-secret Pentagon program combining artificial intelligence with nuclear command-and-control, Valeria might have to choose between her ideals...and her life.
And even while trying to navigate the unfamiliar pathways and temptations of American power, Valeria will have to contend with a mother still frozen by bitterness about the past, a brother jealous of Valeria's future, and the ghost of the father who abandoned them all and then died before Valeria could even begin to understand his reasons.
But as Valeria will discover, in the world she has entered, personal and political can be meaningless distinctions. There are no solutions, only trade-offs, and as Valeria negotiates with the factions holding real power in America—Wall Street, the Pentagon, Silicon Valley—the lines between compromise and capitulation, savvy and sell-out, player and played, become increasingly hard to see, with ultimate stakes not just for Valeria, but for the very future of constitutional democracy in America.
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ABSOLUTELY BRILLANT!!!
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Barry Eisler never fails to deliver with poignant quotes and a seamless process through the pages of his stories.
I do think the representative is a little sluttish, but I respect her and I like her, so if there’s a sequel, I will definitely buy both the audiobook and the book. I’ve listened to some chapters twice because they were so good. I told the customer about this book today, and I am purchasing the e-book or novel next week.
I have many Eisler’s books, but this one is a little different, and I love❤️ it. I guess instead of happening in Tokyo, it happened in the United States, and it’s the right book for the right climate we are in now. 😍
The author has made a listening beast out of me. I wish I could give this Audiobook 10 stars.
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Clearly it was well written because I found the main character,Valeria very unlikeable. I continued to read
just the same. It was very tough because on one hand I wanted her political views to be given weight but it was tough because I disliked her so much.
This is weird because Eisler's other female characters are inspiring eventhough some are assassins.
Another Excellent Book
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I miss John Rain
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LOVED THIS BOOK!
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The System could be in the Rainaverse but honestly it stands alone Beautifully.
As with all the books Character is everything. There were scumbag and heros. We even had a magical fellow on spectrum. Plot was engaging and well done. The verbal sparring was like watching a fantastically intense boxing match ( if you know you know!)
Yes we will be needing more of these characters or hell let’s have Livia Lone join forces and sort that speaker out! You know that dude has some skeletons! I know I am over the top. This was a great read. Great tone and payoffs. You really find yourself cheering for the underdogs. Loved it. So definitely we need more VAL!
We need more Val
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Another hit from Barry Eisler
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Loved the characters
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This could be an interesting short series.
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Complex ideas dispersed in a simple not simplistic narrative. Love his work.
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