Version Zero, David Yoon
Version Zero, David Yoon
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Version Zero

Author: David Yoon

Narrator: Kevin R. Free, VyVy Nguyen

Unabridged: 10 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 05/25/2021


Synopsis

From the brilliant mind of New York Times bestselling author David Yoon comes a lightning-fast and scorchingly observant thriller about how we can save ourselves from the very real perils of a virtual world.

Max, a data whiz at the social media company Wren, has gotten a firsthand glimpse of the dark side of big tech. When he questions what his company does with the data they collect, he's fired...then black-balled across Silicon Valley.

With time on his hands and revenge on his mind, Max and his longtime friend (and secretly the love of his life) Akiko, decide to get even by rebooting the internet. After all, in order to fix things, sometimes you have to break them. But when Max and Akiko join forces with a reclusive tech baron, they learn that breaking things can have unintended--and catastrophic--consequences.

About The Author

David Yoon grew up in Orange County, California, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Nicola Yoon, and their daughter. He drew the illustrations for Nicola's #1 New York Times bestseller Everything, Everything. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Frankly in Love, which was a William C. Morris Award finalist and an Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature Honor book. You can visit him at davidyoon.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sylvain on January 18, 2021

Imagine a world in which the entire Internet is controlled by a handful of shady CEO’s. Oh. Right. Well, imagine someone doing something about it. Imagine a high-speed, edge of your seat adventure with stakes higher than you can measure. Imagine it told in David Yoon’s unique and singularly engaging......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on March 21, 2021

If THE CIRCLE was the internet novel that asked "What have we done?" then VERSION ZERO is the internet novel that asks, "How do we stop it?" The thing I enjoyed the most about this novel was that it kept on surprising me, especially when I thought I had it pinned down. This is a particular pleasure o......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on May 03, 2021

If you don't read this book, I think you're a total zero. Just kidding but also YOU REALLY SHOULD READ THIS. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Alright, now that all my screaming is out of the way and I'm calm, gigantic thank you to the publisher for reaching out to me and providing me with an advanced copy of......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on June 23, 2022

3.5 Stars This book had so much potential! I loved the commentary on so many topical issues from online privacy to social media data mining. The start of this book was incredibly strong. The narrative was so smart and on-point with so many lines I wanted to save as quotes. However, the story took a tur......more

Goodreads review by Oleksandr on September 04, 2021

This is a SF mirror universe critique of internet companies’ collecting and selling data about us, violating our privacy and playing on our biases as well as a possible solution. I read it as a part of monthly reading for September 2021 at SFF Hot from Printers: New Releases group. Recently, there a......more


Quotes

One of Entertainment Weekly's "Best New Books"

“The novel is at its best when satirizing the high-tech business world and internet culture...fans of dystopian fiction will want to check this one out.”--Publishers Weekly

“For his first adult novel, YA superstar Yoon draws on his decades in the tech industry to envision a takedown of the digital world so complete that paper comes back into fashion...A fast-paced, contemporary take on The Monkey Wrench Gang, blowing up digital infrastructure instead of dams.”--Kirkus Reviews

“With Version Zero David Yoon holds up a mirror to our ways of life, our hardships and vulnerabilities. As he lures us into the story of a smart, naive young man’s desire to make the world a better place, the mirror turns black. This propulsive, visceral, tech-rich tale is both all head and all heart , which is to say, it’s all David Yoon.”--Caroline Kepnes, author of You

Version Zero is fast and fun, but more importantly, it’s an incisive, thoughtful takedown of Big Tech, our own social media consumption, and ultimately, may just serve as a call to arms.”—Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse

"Imagine a world in which the entire Internet is controlled by a handful of shady CEOs. Oh. Right. Well, imagine someone doing something about it. Imagine a high-speed, edge of your seat adventure with stakes higher than you can measure. Imagine it told in David Yoon’s unique and singularly engaging prose. That’s Version Zero, an addictive, brain-hacking exploration of the tech-run world we live in, and a rollercoaster so fast it will blow your hair off."--Sylvain Neuvel, author of Sleeping Giants