A beautiful college student with a rebellious streak.  An outgoing cybersecurity expert struggling in retirement.  A gifted software developer disrupting global finance.  A dangerous soldier trying to protect his family.  Brought together by the mysterious contents of a yellow manila envelope, they are driven towards an unknown aim. 

Why is the world destabilizing so rapidly?  Is AI to blame?  What about the dangerous faction hell-bent on stopping AI?  What is the Cult of Moloch?

Is there something driving the world towards calamity?  Or worse...is this the inevitable fate of mankind? 

What philosophies and ideologies are best adapted to the strange new world that is quickly materializing?  Can Liberal Democracy survive in an era of increasing contention?  Are authoritarian forms of organization on the rise, or is something fundamentally new emerging?

Who is John Galt?  Who is Spartacus?  Who is Keyser Söze?  Who is Big Brother?   Who (or what) wrote Ragnorosis?