An FBI agent hunts a new kind of terrorist through a Washington, DC, of the

future in this groundbreaking book—at once a gripping techno-thriller and a fact-based tour of tomorrow.

America is on the brink of a revolution, one both technological and political.

The science fiction of AI and robotics has finally come true, but millions are angry

and fearful that the future has left them behind. After narrowly stopping a bombing

at Washington’s Union Station, FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan receives a new

assignment: to field-test an advanced police robot. As a series of shocking catastrophes

unfolds, the two find themselves investigating a conspiracy whose mastermind is using

cutting-edge tech to rip the nation apart. To stop this new breed of terrorist, their only

hope is to forge a new type of partnership.

Burn-In is especially chilling because it is something more than a pulse-pounding

read: every tech, trend, and scene is drawn from real-world research on the ways that

our politics, our economy, and even our family lives will soon be transformed. Blending

a techno-thriller’s excitement with nonfiction’s insight, Singer and Cole illuminate the

darkest corners of the world soon to come.