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The Paper Candidate: Deepfakes Dark Money Senate Race

The Paper Candidate: Deepfakes Dark Money Senate Race

Hamele, Scott

Paperback

Series: The Synthetic Age: A Near-Future Techno-Thriller

Mystery & ThrillerScience FictionGeneral Fiction

ISBN13: 9798266499454
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 25 2025
Pages: 308
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Maryland's United States Senate race explodes when a left-populist phenom, Kiernan Shore, surges without ever appearing in public. He claims a fragile immune disorder and a widower's grief; supporters swear they saw him save a teen from a flood, fish the Gunpowder, and cheer the Orioles-videos that feel truer than memory. FEC investigator Maren Holt knows better. Donor swarms of identical $199 gifts, flawless voter data, and a vendor called SignalShore Labs point to an engineered persona. When a county canvass dashboard briefly flashes ACTOR MODE and a high-dollar livestream desynchronizes, Maren and whistleblower Mina Park piece together the lattice: a synthetic candidate built to sell a green resilience bill that quietly steers billions to Maryland defense contractors. Exposed, the myth fights back-smears, legal threats, and a party terrified of losing a sure seat. To save an election already half won by a ghost, Maren must risk her career, her family's union loyalties, and her safety to unmask Kiernan on the convention floor-and prove that in a post-truth age, reality still has standing. Until the paper tears.

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