Real Powers — Colin Wright

After a disorienting encounter in London, off-grid journalist Joanna Hubble withdraws even further from society.Blogger Mason McCann finds himself involved in some unconventional nation-building.Media manipulator Manicule discovers a connection between himself, a conspiracy from the past, and the hacker collective, Opus.Niki Jenks begins stitching together a new kind of empire, swatting aside those who would oppose her in the process.Singularity cult-leader Xerxes builds himself a new holy land and allies with an old rival.Political wunderkind Michael Smith is pulled deeper into the system, and the further he gets, the more he questions if it's a system worth saving.And the mysterious Celia Black introduces her organization, Citizen's Solution, as a potential friend or foe to any who might change the world.