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Homeland

A few years later, California's economy collapses, but Marcus’s hacktivist past lands him a job as webmaster for a crusading politician who promises reform. Soon his former nemesis Masha emerges from the political underground to gift him with a thumbdrive containing a Wikileaks-style cable-dump of hard evidence of corporate and governmental perfidy. It’s incendiary stuff—and if Masha goes missing, Marcus is supposed to release it to the world. Then Marcus sees Masha being kidnapped by the same government agents who detained and tortured Marcus years earlier.

17 Responses to “Homeland”

1. Jodie Garrett says:

   February 25, 2013 at 11:53 pm

   Just finished "Homeland". Less than three hours cover to cover; mostly because I couldn't do anything else until I found out what happened! Loved the stuff from Burning Man, as it is not something I'm likely to ever get to in real life. It did seem though, even though this was set in SF, that a lot of the police/HS/authority responses had the 'air' of the type seen in the UK and/or Europe; 'non-lethal' but overtly brutal.

   I have at least three people lined up to read it after me (they were so excited when I told them it had arrived today).

   Thank you for telling it like it is.
2. Cory Doctorow says:

   February 26, 2013 at 2:40 am

   Thank you, Jodie!
3. Anonymous says:

   March 10, 2013 at 2:24 am

   No free download?
4. Cory Doctorow says:

   March 10, 2013 at 3:15 am

   Of course there's a free download. Go have a look: http://craphound.com/homeland/download
5. Noah Wilson says:

   March 16, 2013 at 4:42 am

   This book is incredible! My father (who is a pretty savvy fellow) turned me on to Makers at just the right time, and that of course led me down the rabbit hole into your other books.

   The open copyright let me taste-test them for free, and recommend them around. I was totally floored by Little Brother - had one of those No! Sleep! Till Brooklyn! epic reading sessions, and then couldn't stop recommending it. I still haven't.

   And Homeland (I'm halfway through right now) seems to be even better, if that's possible. Not only is it a great, electrifying/terrifying read, it's also marvelously informative and prescient. Oh, and full of helpful little gems! I keep highlighting and bookmarking all of these little sections full of super-useful information about security, cold-brewed coffee, open Android distros, etc.

   Long story short, I'm at the "Boo-yah!" break right now, and finally tearing myself away long enough to grab a fairly-securely-connected laptop and buy some copies for the local libraries and my co-working space (Mojo Coworking, in Asheville, NC - it's awesome.)

   I love what you're doing, Cory. Thanks and gratitude beyond words. I hope your tours bring you through Asheville some time soon, and if there's any way I can help with that, do let me know.

   -Noah
6. Cory Doctorow says:

   March 16, 2013 at 5:58 am

   Thank you, Noah!
7. Chris says:

   March 17, 2013 at 4:05 pm

   Homeland was awesome!

   One question: will there be a sequel?
8. Cory Doctorow says:

   March 17, 2013 at 10:10 pm

   Yes, there's a novella that the White House Office of Technology will publish later this spring. It's called "Lawful Interception."
9. Mikael Kowalski says:

   March 18, 2013 at 12:58 am

   Is there a teacher tutorial to Homeland? Are there any plans of making one - to help teachers all over the globe to work with this fantastic book? Thanks for the book BTW.
10. Cory Doctorow says:

    March 18, 2013 at 1:08 am

    Here you go:

    http://media.us.macmillan.com/teachersguides/9780765333698TG.pdf
11. Mikael Kowalski says:

    March 18, 2013 at 2:28 am

    Thank you very much - will use it! hopefully in an UNESCO-project on Media and Information Literacy and with Swedish teachers.
12. peytonm says:

    April 1, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    This novel is amazing. I've made it about half way through and the events are so plausible and realistic that I've had to remind myself several times that it is a work of fiction... or is it? Thank you, Cory Doctorow.
13. Cory Doctorow says:

    April 2, 2013 at 3:08 am

    Aw, thanks!
14. Anissa says:

    April 2, 2013 at 8:40 am

    I read Little Brother for a Social Media Ethics class at the New School. So when my uber tech savvy tween daughter was looking for her next book to read, I was able to suggest it. She loved it so much and will be thrilled that "Homeland" is the sequel. Thanks Cory! Keep em' coming!
15. Cory Doctorow says:

    April 2, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    That's wonderful, Anissa! Hope your daughter likes it!
16. Alex Soe says:

    April 3, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    I stayed up countless nights reading Homeland till I could no longer keep my eyelids open, and even then I did not want to put it down because it was just such an amazing piece of work. Thanks a bunch Cory! I can't wait for Lawful Interception which I'm sure will be just as awe-inspiring as it's predecessors. Keep up the superb work!
17. Cory Doctorow says:

    April 4, 2013 at 3:51 am

    Thank you, Alex!

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