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The Second Son

by Martin Jay Weiss
Andrew Eiden
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Twin brothers Ethan and Jack Stone have built the ultimate transparency app―Stalker―and it's going to make them rich. But when Ethan's girlfriend dumps him and his brother bails for their biggest competitor, Ethan is convinced they've run off together. Using Stalker to find out, he tracks them from Silicon Beach to Silicon Valley, and the secret it reveals is even more twisted than he imagined, forcing him to rethink everything he had believed regarding privacy, freedom, and trust. A poignant and timely novel, The Second Son deftly asks how far is too far when it comes to business, romance, and the integration of technology into every aspect of our lives.

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  • Release date

    August 14, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781538536339
      • File size: 210877 KB
      • Duration: 07:19:19

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 11, 2018
      In filmmaker Weiss’s overstuffed and underwhelming first novel, two L.A.-based entrepreneurs, twin brothers Ethan and Jack Stone, have devised a mobile app they call Stalker. “We’re going to transform the way people stalk. We’re going to be huge,” crows Ethan. Jack doesn’t share his brother’s enthusiasm and resigns. Meanwhile, the company’s anonymous financial backer pushes Ethan to release Stalker’s revolutionary facial recognition software, despite programming glitches. When Ethan returns home to look for solace from his stunning live-in girlfriend, Brooke Shaw, she’s gone, having left him only a cryptic note. Suspecting Brooke ran off with Jack, Ethan sets out to use his new software to track her down, telling himself he’s doing it just to make sure that she’s safe. He soon determines that the woman he has known as Brooke Shaw doesn’t exist. Ensuing complications include mistaken identities, identity theft, murder, kidnapping, beatings, and everyone spying electronically on everyone else. In the rushed and muddled finale, Weiss scrambles to provide a happy ending for all and sundry. Even non-computer-geeks will find this story unconvincing. Agent: Paula Munier, Talcott Notch Literary Services.

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