Imagine a world where your eyes can't be trusted... When the Sycamore corporation releases the ultimate gadget—an implantable microchip designed to replace smartphones—society rapidly descends into dystopia. Augmented reality contact lenses act as the new system's display, simultaneously recording everything in the user's field of vision. The potential applications are limitless. So are the surveillance opportunities. Soon after gaining access to Sycamore’s inner circle and learning the corporation’s plans for the future, the chip’s young creator painfully regrets ever giving them the idea. Power like this has never existed.

Every family has a Funscreen on their wall. The question is... who's watching who? When the government's new private welfare system begins rewarding unemployed viewers for watching the right kind of ads, Roger Birch welcomes a Funscreen into his home. Like millions of others, Roger and his family soon depend on ad-viewing income for their survival. Unlike millions of others, the events of one uncomfortable evening leave Roger aware of the government's shadier reasons for investing in Funscreens. With HD cameras hidden behind a 60-inch glass veil, the answer was staring him in the face all along...

After discovering the truth behind Sycamore, tech pioneer Kurt Jacobs rejects the corporation’s offer of a new identity and chooses to fight to expose the truth. But with an overt threat against his family hanging over him, Kurt must act without being seen. In Sycamore’s hyper-connected dystopian world full of palm-based microchips and augmented reality contact lenses, this is easier said than done...

From RealU to the SycaLotto, from CrimePrev to Star's Eye View... In 10 original stories, Sycamore X explores Sycamore's augmented reality dystopia through the eyes of parents, teachers, job-hunters, Sycamore employees, unwilling celebrities, and more. With new characters, new apps, and a long awaited visit to Sycamore HQ's most secretive floor, Sycamore X is a must-read collection for fans of the series. Exclusive bonus story: Sycamore X also includes Funscreen Redux . [Approx. 110 pages] Praise for Sycamore: “1984 for the Facebook generation” "Interesting and Matrix-like" "I couldn't put this novel down"

From the streets of the city to the heart of Sycamore HQ... In 12 original stories, this super-sized collection picks up right where Sycamore X left off by exploring the mega corporation’s augmented reality dystopia through the eyes of a varied cast of characters, some new and some familiar. Offering a peek behind the curtain into Sycamore’s inner circle and a hint of what life in Sycamore’s world is like for those less fortunate, Sycamore XL is a must-read collection for fans of the series.