num_pages: 112
description: Three young Breaker Bay grads dream of making a difference in the worldand becoming Network celebritiesaway from the desks of their dreary MegaBuy call center jobs. After they recover an NBN executives PAD at a protest in Broadcast Square it seems Lana Rael and her friends Johnny and Tim might finally have their chance to discover the truth behind NBNs saccharine and explosively popular franchise Sunshine Junction.But when the aspiring activists stumble into the corporations all seeing eye they find themselves in the limelightand not in the way they hoped.As camdrones begin to follow them through the megacity and broadcast their every move on live threedee Lana and her friends will have to ask themselves just how much theyre willing to sacrifice to fight the corps. Is making a difference worth risking their privacy their lifestyle or their lives?Fans of media giant NBN its colorful programs and its high-profile characters gain unparalleled access to the megacorp's HQ in Leigh Alexander's Monitor. As the media-focused megacorp responds to the threat posed by a trio of wannabe activists we learn more about such popular characters as Jackson Howard Victoria Jenkins and Dinosaurus.Meanwhile as the protagonists have their privacy stripped away they lose control of their lives. Their actions become increasingly desperate and surprising. As they look for ways to retaliate will their lives spiral into total anarchy? Will they regain control of the context that defines them? And who is responsible for their suffering? In Monitor the truth is malleable and learning how to shape it is paramount.In addition to its 96 pages of fiction the hardcover edition of Monitor comes with a sixteen-page full color insert with setting information on activism in the Android future NBN's Global Adaptive Entertainment MegaBuy and the future of marketing.
language: English
title: Monitor
publisher: Fantasy Flight Games