The Puppeteer

A successful coup brought to power people who managed to create a society of equals. Competition was eliminated—why chase money if everything is free for everyone? But every paradise has a downside. Those who didn’t accept the rules of the new regime went underground and built a state where luxury, permissiveness, and complete personal freedom rule.
Ingrid is one of the few “from above” who knows about this notorious place and can even choose her fate: live modestly and be like everyone else, or taste the forbidden fruit of unprecedented luxury. Is it really that easy to make such a decision? A subtle social novel about overcoming the border of an information bubble. What if happiness is only a beautiful but dead picture sold to you by the people at the top of the world? Can you tear the canvas and fly into living reality?