In a Right State by Ben Ellis

From Goodreads

Your information is being sold. And guess who's paying for it?

It's 2066, and living in a country where big corporations are constantly undressing you with their spies isn't much fun for Duncan. He remembers the days when information was protected, not sold to the highest bidder. When his illegal organic vegetable trade is discovered at the bottom of his garden in the town of Wigthorn, the tomatoes really hit the fan.

Amy works for Pharmara, the biggest pharmaceutical company in the UK, analysing user data. Yes, it's as boring as it sounds but she believes a little corporate access to personal information is a small price to pay to live in a post-tax, post-carbon, post-poverty world.

After all, if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear ... right?

Poppy lives in Shaded Vale, a town rich enough to stay off the radar. Her father has some big plans to shake up the industrial power balance.

Thrown together by circumstance, Duncan, Amy and Poppy become tangled in a dangerous quest for truth with Pharmara Security hot on their heels. But if knowledge is power, how is it that those in power are such idiots? 

My thoughts

My thanks to the Author via TBConFB for the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review. I gave this a 4.5 stars or 9/10.

I really enjoyed this dystopian themed read, that could so easily happen in the not too distant future. The story has many strands to it and it sure makes you think about what could happen.

What dangers do we as a society face from GM (Genetically Modified) food? The fact that GM food will more than likely take over from naturally produced food in the future is quite a scary thought and how could this food be manipulated by the companies that make it to further there own profits and development? As an auction takes place to sell off parts of deceased human bodies to the highest bidders, one of the characters is worried. Will he be found out or not?

This is a debut novel and I will wait with baited breath to see what Ben Ellis writes next.Your information is being sold. And guess who's paying for it?