WE, THE WATCHED by adam bender

a free novel about surveillance and propaganda. click to read.

SYNOPSIS

Cold War paranoia escalated into a uniform, fear-controlled society in George Orwell’s nightmarish 1984. It’s 2009 and the Cold War is over, but National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping and other executive branch privacy breaches excused as part of the Western powers’ “War on Terror” have reignited fears of a citizenship under Big Brother’s lens. WE, THE WATCHED imagines a nation in which the people have come to accept government privacy intrusions and forced uniformity as necessary for keeping the homeland strong. Opposition is heresy—and punishable by death.

Seven, a 20-something male, wakes up without memory or the learned self-compromise that comes with it. He makes strides toward getting his life back together, but the fresh perspective granted by his rebirth soon proves to be more a curse than a gift.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Adam Bender is an emerging author and full-time journalist. Adam covers Federal Communications Commission (FCC) telephone and broadband regulation. He's also reported on Congressional hearings on government surveillance (FISA) legislation. His work regularly appears in Communications Daily, a trade publication by Warren Communications News.

Adam graduated from American University in May 2007. He majored in print journalism and minored in marketing. Adam was entertainment editor for AU newspaper The Eagle from 2005-2007. He interned abroad in London at MyKindaPlace.com in 2006. In 2007, Adam was one of five AU undergraduates hand picked to participate in the Washington Post consortium.

Despite what this all must look like, Adam is generally a rather modest and amiable fellow.

Check out Adam's website at www.fadedwave.com

Interested in publishing or otherwise disseminating WE, THE WATCHED? Adam would love to hear from you. Just send him an e-mail at adam@wearewatched.com.

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