New Babylon
12 hrs. 2 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Michel Bussi
Author
Michel Bussi
Narrator
Grigory Perel
Narrator
Grigory Perel
Description
A terrible crime in the perfect Earth of the future. Science fiction from a master of detective stories.
Welcome to the future! In 2058 a Constitution of the new world was adopted, proclaiming one people and one language, equality and freedom for all. There are no countries, ethnicities, religions, or any other dividers of society left on Earth. Everyone on the planet is now called earthlings and has teleportation, letting them go anywhere in an instant. There is now one currency, one language, and one president on Earth. The entire world is run by a supercomputer: the global algorithm “Pangaiya,” eradicating crime and providing people with maximum comfort and well-being.
But one day, on a small tropical island far out in the ocean—now a paradise home for several retirees—a series of murders begins. All ten residents are brutally killed. Then new crimes follow, and order in the ideal world collapses like a house of cards. Three super-policemen take on the investigation, while an ambitious reporter works alongside them. So what really happened—a minor system error, or something more sinister? Everyone who knows the story of the Tower of Babel understands: nothing good will come of its construction…
Maitre of French detective fiction Michel Bussi turns to genres new to him for the first time—science fiction and dystopia—while keeping his signature style: elegant and light, inventing incredible plot twists that never stop surprising.
Thanks to the skill of Grigory Perel, the audiobook version of the novel unfolds as a full-scale performance—one that hooks you from the first minutes, takes you to different points on the planet, and makes you fully immerse yourself in the detective story with a dystopian slant.
Welcome to the future! In 2058 a Constitution of the new world was adopted, proclaiming one people and one language, equality and freedom for all. There are no countries, ethnicities, religions, or any other dividers of society left on Earth. Everyone on the planet is now called earthlings and has teleportation, letting them go anywhere in an instant. There is now one currency, one language, and one president on Earth. The entire world is run by a supercomputer: the global algorithm “Pangaiya,” eradicating crime and providing people with maximum comfort and well-being.
But one day, on a small tropical island far out in the ocean—now a paradise home for several retirees—a series of murders begins. All ten residents are brutally killed. Then new crimes follow, and order in the ideal world collapses like a house of cards. Three super-policemen take on the investigation, while an ambitious reporter works alongside them. So what really happened—a minor system error, or something more sinister? Everyone who knows the story of the Tower of Babel understands: nothing good will come of its construction…
Maitre of French detective fiction Michel Bussi turns to genres new to him for the first time—science fiction and dystopia—while keeping his signature style: elegant and light, inventing incredible plot twists that never stop surprising.
Thanks to the skill of Grigory Perel, the audiobook version of the novel unfolds as a full-scale performance—one that hooks you from the first minutes, takes you to different points on the planet, and makes you fully immerse yourself in the detective story with a dystopian slant.
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