The Paper Candidate: Deepfakes | Dark Money | Senate Race (THE SYNTHETIC AGE: A Near-Future Techno-Thriller Series) - Softcover

Hamele, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798266499454

Publisher: Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

Maryland’s United States Senate race explodes when a left-populist phenom, Kiernan Shore, surges without ever appearing in public. He claims a fragile immune disorder and a widower’s grief; supporters swear they saw him save a teen from a flood, fish the Gunpowder, and cheer the Orioles—videos that feel truer than memory. FEC investigator Maren Holt knows better. Donor swarms of identical $199 gifts, flawless voter data, and a vendor called SignalShore Labs point to an engineered persona. When a county canvass dashboard briefly flashes ACTOR MODE and a high-dollar livestream desynchronizes, Maren and whistleblower Mina Park piece together the lattice: a synthetic candidate built to sell a “green resilience” bill that quietly steers billions to Maryland defense contractors. Exposed, the myth fights back—smears, legal threats, and a party terrified of losing a sure seat. To save an election already half won by a ghost, Maren must risk her career, her family’s union loyalties, and her safety to unmask Kiernan on the convention floor—and prove that in a post-truth age, reality still has standing. Until the paper tears.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798266499454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 308