The future we left behind

Thousands of years in the future the divide between humanity and technology has become nearly unrecognizable.

Each thought,each action is logged, coded, backed up.

Data is as easily exchanged through the fiber-optic-like cables that extend from fingertips as it might be through ordinary conversation.

It's abrave new world: A world that the Straker Tapes say is a result of many human "upgrades." But no one is sure whether the Straker Tapes are a work of fiction or an eerie peek into an unimaginable past.Nearly sixteen-year-old Peter Vincent has been raised to believe that everything that the backward Strakerites cling to is insane--an utter waste of time and potential.

Since his father is David Vincent, genius inventor of theartificial beesthat saved the world'scrops and prevented massive famine, how could Peter believe anything else?But when Peter meets Alpha, a Strakerite his own age, suddenly the theories about society-upgrades don't sound quite so crazy,especially when she shows him evidence that another upgrade is imminent. And worse, there may be a conspiracy by the leadersof the establishment to cover it up.

A conspiracy spearheaded by Peter's own father.Gripping and full of unexpected twists,The Future We Left Behindtakes the unsettling questions raised inHuman.4, and flipsthem entirely.

What if we knew that the very way we live was about to be changed in an instant, and we could stop it? And whatif everything we are sure we know is entirely wrong?