Backstage

By Ivan Kushnir

Do you think your vote actually matters?

Think again.

It's not "the will of the people" running the show-it's an algorithm.

Nick was the star poli-sci student who still believed in the "analog circuit breakers" of democracy. He defended the Electoral College as the last firewall against mob chaos. But when he steps onto a private island where the global elite gather in secret, theory turns into blood-soaked practice.

Here, amid obscene luxury and digital sterility, Nick discovers the ugly truth: modern politics isn't a clash of ideas-it's a closed-circuit aquarium. Transparency isn't honesty here; it's the complete absence of a private life. "Safety" isn't protection-it's total control. And citizens? They're just pixels in the game the island's "gods" play, manipulating reality with AI and razor-sharp cynicism.

When Nick is turned into the system's chief "narrative architect," he realizes he's built his own prison. He's no longer a spectator-he's prey in the final spectacle, his death live-streamed between cat videos and bikini ads.

"Backstage" is intellectual horror that dissects the machinery of power.

It's a mirror you're afraid to look into-because what you see isn't a citizen.

It's an inhabitant of a glass cage whose life is worth no more than a number on a tablet screen.

Are you ready to find out who really holds the remote to your world?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GZ24N9YR
• ISBN13: 9798250084482
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"