Random Home presents the audiobook release of Gnomon, written by Nick Harkaway, go through by Ben Onwukwe.

Near-future Britain is a state where citizens are constantly observed and democracy has already reached a pinnacle of ‘transparency.’ Every actions sometimes appears, every word is normally recorded and the System has usage of thoughts and memories.

When suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in custody, it marks the very first time a citizen continues to be killed during an interrogation. Mielikki Neith, a trusted state inspector, about Gnomon is assigned to find out what went incorrect. Immersing herself in neural recordings from the interrogation, what she finds isn’t Hunter but instead a panorama of heroes within Hunter’s psyche.

Inlayed in the memories of these impossible lives is situated a code which Neith must decipher to learn what Hunter is definitely hiding. The staggering effects of what she discovers will reverberate throughout the world.

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE ENTIRE YEAR

‘Gnomon can be an outstanding book, and one I can’t stop thinking about some weeks after I read it. It really is deeply troubling, magnificently strange, and an exciting browse.’ Emily St. John Mandel, writer of Station Eleven

‘Nick Harkaway’s most ambitious novel yet. [A] story of near-future mass surveillance, artificial intelligence and human identity … An incredible and quite unforgettable little bit of fiction.’ Guardian

‘Harkaway dazzles.’ Daily Mail

‘Wonderfully great.’ Weekend Times