New Waves

Lucas and Margot have had enough. Margot is a brilliant programmer who’s tired of being the company’s token exemplary Black employee. Lucas, on the other hand, is one of the firm’s many Asian workers doing low-paid work and leading an unnoticed existence. Consumed by the desire for revenge, they decide to steal the user database of the entire tech startup. But the theft doesn’t go according to plan, and things take an unexpected turn—one that only leads to chaos. With biting humor and insightful observations about human nature, Kevin Nguyen brings insider knowledge of the IT industry to the story. “New Waves” is a successful study of racial issues and startup culture, secrecy and surveillance, social networks and friendship—how well people actually know one another and how to achieve real closeness in a world obsessed with technology? — — —