Shadows of Silicon Valley: One Whistleblower's Fight Against Big Tech and the Movement That Changed an Industry
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Sandeep Rao
Published: Feb 10 2026
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.35 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
When Maya Patel posted a 12-minute video exposing her employer's illegal AI practices, she thought she was ending her career. Instead, she sparked a revolution.
Maya is a talented product manager at Nexus AI, one of Silicon Valley's hottest startups. But behind the promises of ethical innovation, she discovers a sinister truth: the company is manipulating millions of users, conducting unauthorized experiments, and selling dangerous AI technology to the highest bidder.
Armed with evidence and a crisis of conscience, Maya makes a choice that will change everything-she goes public.
What follows is a high-stakes battle against corporate power, legal threats, and sophisticated intimidation campaigns. As her viral video sparks a global movement for tech accountability, Maya finds herself at the center of a fight much bigger than one corrupt company. She connects with other whistleblowers, builds coalitions, and helps expose an industry built on exploitation disguised as innovation.
But speaking truth to power comes at a devastating cost. Maya faces harassment, legal battles, and threats to everyone she loves. As she navigates congressional hearings, criminal trials, and the personal toll of being a public figure, she must answer a crucial question: how do you change a broken system without destroying yourself in the process?
Shadows of Silicon Valley is a gripping, timely thriller that pulls back the curtain on Big Tech's darkest secrets. Through Maya's journey from corporate insider to industry whistleblower to movement builder, this novel explores urgent questions about technology, ethics, democracy, and the price of integrity in the modern world.
Perfect for fans of Dave Eggers' The Circle, Max Barry's Company, and readers fascinated by real-world tech accountability movements, this book combines pulse-pounding suspense with deep insights into artificial intelligence, algorithmic manipulation, and the fight for digital justice.
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