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Cryptocracy

Power structure where invisible forces rule via extreme information asymmetry, shadow networks, and covert manipulation, leaving the public entirely oblivious.

Intrigue, mystery, and a sense of a hidden hand guiding the world.

Books

Ready Player TwoErnest Cline
The CircleDave Eggers
CryptonomiconNeal Stephenson
The Will of the ManyJames Islington
Time Out of JointPhilip K. Dick
Halting StateCharles Stross
Being ThereJerzy Kosinski
The Penultimate TruthPhilip K. Dick
River of Blue FireTad Williams
The Tainted CupRobert Jackson Bennett
RabbitsTerry Miles
The Dervish HouseIan McDonald
JuliaSandra Newman
DistractionBruce Sterling
BrasylIan McDonald
Signal to NoiseEric S. Nylund
The Revolution BusinessCharles Stross
The Song RisingSamantha Shannon
Midnight Never ComeMarie Brennan
Killing timeCaleb Carr
Water WitchCynthia Felice
Zoey Is Too Drunk for This DystopiaJason Pargin
The dazzling heightsKatharine McGee
The BezzleCory Doctorow
WidowlandC. J. Carey
The oracle yearCharles Soule
The Lost SteersmanRosemary Kirstein
The Lazarus MachinePaul Crilley
Tool of the TradeJoe Haldeman
Black ChamberS. M. Stirling
Golden StateBen H. Winters
The Fear IndexRobert Harris
Fire in the unnameable countryGhalib Islam
TowerMyung-hoon Bae
TwistorJohn Cramer
88 namesMatt Ruff
The Spy Who Haunted MeSimon R. Green
Ha'pennyJo Walton
The Duke of UraniumJohn Barnes
The QueueBasma Abdel Aziz
Cities and ThronesCarrie Patel
IntriguesSharon Green
CouncilorL. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Ghost of the White NightsL. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Wolfhound CenturyPeter Higgins
A World BetweenNorman Spinrad
Future GlitterA. E. Van Vogt
The Silver SkullMark Chadbourn
Power FailureBen Bova
Nest of the MonarchKay Kenyon
Season of SkullsCharles Stross
Kingdom of WithoutAndrea Tang
Prize of NightBailey Cunningham
ManifestBrittany Cavallaro
Rule of CaptureChristopher Brown
The Windsor FactionD. J. Taylor
Whiskey Tango FoxtrotDavid Shafer
The queen of all crowsRod Duncan
LimitFrank Schätzing
Lithium-6Risto Isomäki

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