Alys Key

The last battle: The Future, by Naomi Alderman, reviewed

Sinister preparations for the apocalypse by a few Silicon Valley billionaires must be thwarted in this part-thriller, part-Big Tech critique, part-meditation on doomsday

Naomi Alderman. [Annabel Moeller]
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    Naomi Alderman

    4th Estate, pp. 232, £20

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