-Gripping- MARGARET ATWOOD''A fabulous, witty writer on the digital world- SUNDAY TIMES''A little Atwood, a little Gibson, all Alderman, it-s brilliant and I loved it'' LAUREN BEUKESThe latest novel from the Women-s Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Power, The Future is a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.Lai Zhen is about to die. As an Internet-famous survivalist, she-s spent her life prepping for the end of the world. But now, desperate and cornered in a mall in Singapore, she-s mad she might go out not knowing what the hell is going on. If she makes it out alive, what kind of a future will be waiting for her?Across the world, Martha Einkorn works the room at a gathering of mega-rich companies hell-bent securing a future just for them. Covert weapons, private weather, technological prophecy, when Martha fled her father-s compound she may have left the cult behind, but if the apocalyptic warnings of his fox and