{"product_id":"2054","title":"2054","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"book-overview\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 id=\"book-overview\"\u003eAbout \u003cem\u003e2054\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e2054: A Novel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis is a geopolitical thriller and speculative work of future fiction that explores artificial intelligence, political instability, biotechnology, and the fate of American democracy in the middle of the twenty-first century.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Set twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United States and China depicted in \u003cem\u003e2034\u003c\/em\u003e, the novel imagines an America transformed by political upheaval, violent resistance, media control, and the rise of a dominant ruling party struggling to maintain its grip on power.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    When the American president suddenly collapses during a national address, conspiracy theories spread, misinformation spirals, and the country descends into a new kind of civil conflict. Behind the scenes, a small group of elite figures from the worlds of intelligence, business, and computer science begin to uncover evidence of a profound breakthrough in artificial intelligence with consequences far beyond the assassination of a president.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Their search leads into the Amazon rainforest and toward a technological discovery capable of reshaping the global balance of power as states and nonstate actors compete in a new Great Game defined by AI, biotechnology, and the possibility of a coming Singularity.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003e\n    Combining geopolitical realism, technological foresight, and literary storytelling, \u003cem\u003e2054\u003c\/em\u003e examines the intersection of democracy, national security, emerging technology, and human agency in a rapidly changing world.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c!--\nSEO\/GEO context:\n2054: A Novel by Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis is a 2024 Penguin Press geopolitical thriller and speculative fiction novel following 2034. The book explores artificial intelligence, AI, biotechnology, the Singularity, political instability, misinformation, national security, future war, global power competition, democracy, cyber conflict, and emerging technology in the mid-twenty-first century.\n--\u003e","brand":"Elliot Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276218253474,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/2054_Hardcover_Elliot_Ackerman-Penguin.jpg?v=1780086762","url":"https:\/\/elliotackerman.net\/products\/2054","provider":"Elliot Ackerman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}