The Last Network

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The Last Network book cover.

The Last Network is a 2019 novella by ChrisF exploring VR/AR technology.

Technology has a terrible hold on us, and it’s only getting worse. It’s in our homes, it’s in our minds, but it wants more. It always wants more. With each new innovation, Silicon Valley peers deeper into our souls, taking control, and pushing us in ways we never imagined. Amoral and out for revenge, Rabbit Wilson, has created the world’s most powerful social network. The technology is mind blowing, and everyone wants it. The thing is, Rabbit is not the sharing type.

He’d ruin everyone before going back to his old life. While Rabbit battles Silicon Valley, temptation lurks inside the Last Network. Designed for maximum manipulation and lacking safeguards, it’s only a matter of time before digital games turn into real world dangers.

Can anyone control the Last Network, or will Rabbit’s creation be his destruction? Travel deep into tech’s heart of darkness in this gripping, fast paced thriller where everyone has an angle and the product is the criminal.

Intrigued? Read the story.

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 The Last Network is a 2019 novella by ChrisF exploring VR/AR technology.
-=== Promo Blurb: Journey Through Tech’s Heart of Darkness ===
+Technology has a terrible hold on us, and it’s only getting worse. It’s in our homes, it’s in our minds, but it wants more. It always wants more. With each new innovation, Silicon Valley peers deeper into our souls, taking control, and pushing us in ways we never imagined. Amoral and out for revenge, [[Rabbit Wilson]], has created the world’s most powerful social network. The technology is mind blowing, and everyone wants it. The thing is, Rabbit is not the sharing type.
+He’d ruin everyone before going back to his old life. While Rabbit battles Silicon Valley, temptation lurks inside the Last Network. Designed for maximum manipulation and lacking safeguards, it’s only a matter of time before digital games turn into real world dangers.
+Can anyone control the Last Network, or will Rabbit’s creation be his destruction? Travel deep into tech’s heart of darkness in this gripping, fast paced thriller where everyone has an angle and the product is the criminal.
+'''Intrigued? [[The_Last_Network_-_Chapter_1|Read the story]].'''
+=== Table of Contents ===
+<div class="categorytree-columns">
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 1|Chapter 1]] - The House Cat
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 2|Chapter 2]] - Menonaqua
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 3|Chapter 3]] - The Reverse Job
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 4|Chapter 4]] - An Accomplice
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 5|Chapter 5]] - Demo Man
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 6|Chapter 6]] - Debris Field
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 7|Chapter 7]] - Kendra Calling
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 8|Chapter 8]] - Travel Together
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 9|Chapter 9]] - Checkpoint Whiskey
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 10|Chapter 10]] - Launch Crickets
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 11|Chapter 11]] - Nichols P.I
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 12|Chapter 12]] - The Push
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 13|Chapter 13]] - [[God Mode]]
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 14|Chapter 14]] - The Retrade
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 15|Chapter 15]] - Tech Beat LA
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 16|Chapter 16]] - Illegitimate Firemen of Instagram
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 17|Chapter 17]] - Matchmakers
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 18|Chapter 18]] - Currents
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 19|Chapter 19]] - Pep Talk
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 20|Chapter 20]] - A Bottom
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 21|Chapter 21]] - Office Party
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 22|Chapter 22]] - Future Time
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 23|Chapter 23]] - A Hypothetical
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 24|Chapter 24]] - Unsolicited
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 25|Chapter 25]] - Clone Club
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 26|Chapter 26]] - Harder, Better
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 27|Chapter 27]] - Without America
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 28|Chapter 28]] - Bullets
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 29|Chapter 29]] - Toehold
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 30|Chapter 30]] - Casings
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 31|Chapter 31]] - The Cross
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 32|Chapter 32]] - Back Offices
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 33|Chapter 33]] - Long Haul
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 34|Chapter 34]] - Trolls R' Us
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 35|Chapter 35]] - Dog and Pony Shows
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 36|Chapter 36]] - Pusher Man
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 37|Chapter 37]] - Afterword
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 38|Chapter 38]] - Omar's Army
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 39|Chapter 39]] - We're Only Science
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 40|Chapter 40]] - Bump in the Night
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 41|Chapter 41]] - Friendo
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 42|Chapter 42]] - Go Time
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 43|Chapter 43]] - Job Description
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 44|Chapter 44]] - Twinning
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 45|Chapter 45]] - Layer Fake
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 46|Chapter 46]] - Confirmation
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 47|Chapter 47]] - Sixty-Eight Guns
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 48|Chapter 48]] - Blow Up
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 49|Chapter 49]] - Double Move
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 50|Chapter 50]] - Maestro's Ocean Club
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 51|Chapter 51]] - Slate
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 52|Chapter 52]] - You Gotta Walk
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 53|Chapter 53]] - Business Class
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 54|Chapter 54]] - Struck Down
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 55|Chapter 55]] - Accelerator
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 56|Chapter 56]] - Ricochet
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 57|Chapter 57]] - One Door Opens
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 58|Chapter 58]] - Another Closes
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 59|Chapter 59]] - Stateless
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 60|Chapter 60]] - Tijuana Dutch
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 61|Chapter 61]] - Pillow Talk
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 62|Chapter 62]] - Tired but True
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 63|Chapter 63]] - Network Control
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 64|Chapter 64]] - Decipher
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 65|Chapter 65]] - Lines
-Technology has a terrible hold on us, and it’s only getting worse. It’s in our homes, it’s in our minds, but it wants more. It always wants more. With each new innovation, Silicon Valley peers deeper into our souls, taking control, and pushing us in ways we never imagined.
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 66|Chapter 66]] - Home Away
- “Don’t Be Evil” was a slogan for a more innocent time. Today, the optimum play is evil, and all the insiders know it.
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 67|Chapter 67]] - Sunseeker
-Amoral and out for revenge, Rabbit Wilson, has created the world’s most powerful social network. The technology is mind blowing, and everyone wants it. The thing is, Rabbit is not the sharing type.
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 68|Chapter 68]] - White Bordeaux
-He’d ruin everyone before going back to his old life.
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 69|Chapter 69]] - Cabernet Sauvignon
-While Rabbit battles Silicon Valley, temptation lurks inside the Last Network. Designed for maximum manipulation and lacking safeguards, it’s only a matter of time before digital games turn into real world dangers.
+[[The Last Network - Chapter 70|Chapter 70]] - One Year Later
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-Can anyone control the Last Network, or will Rabbit’s creation be his destruction?
+=== Characters in The Last Network ===
+<div class="categorytree-columns">
+<categorytree mode="pages" hideroot="on" showcount="on">The Last Network Characters</categorytree>
+</div>
-Travel deep into tech’s heart of darkness in this gripping, fast paced thriller where everyone has an angle and the product is the criminal.
+[[Category:The Last Network]]
+[[Category:Storyline]]
+[[Category:World]]
+[[Category:2023]]