Little Brother, Volume 1

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Tor Publishing Group, Apr 13, 2010 - Young Adult Fiction - 384 pages

The first in Cory Doctorow’s New York Times bestselling YA series about a youthful rebellion against the torture-and-surveillance state.

“A wonderful, important book ... I’d recommend Little Brother over pretty much any book I’ve read this year.” –Neil Gaiman

Marcus, a.k.a "w1n5t0n," is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system. Smart, fast, and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting his high school's intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems.

But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison where they're mercilessly interrogated for days.

When the DHS finally releases them, Marcus discovers that his city has become a police state where every citizen is treated like a potential terrorist. He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him only one option: to take down the DHS himself.

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Contents

Chapter 1
9
Chapter 2
23
Chapter 3
35
Chapter 4
51
Chapter 5
68
Chapter 6
89
Chapter 7
104
Chapter 8
121
Chapter 15
231
Chapter 16
252
Chapter 17
267
Chapter 18
285
Chapter 19
302
Chapter 20
322
Chapter 21
348
Epilogue
358

Chapter 9
133
Chapter 10
150
Chapter 11
164
Chapter 12
181
Chapter 13
199
Chapter 14
214
Afterword
367
Afterword
371
Bibliography
375
Acknowledgments
381
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About the author (2010)

Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, including THE LOST CAUSE, a solarpunk science fiction novel of hope amidst the climate emergency. His recent nonfiction THE INTERNET CON: HOW TO SEIZE THE MEANS OF COMPUTATION is a Big Tech disassembly manual. Other recent books include RED TEAM BLUES, a science fiction crime thriller; CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM, nonfiction about monopoly and creative labor markets; the LITTLE BROTHER series for young adults; IN REAL LIFE, a graphic novel; and the picture book POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

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