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Steve Jobs in Exile
Coming to bookstores May 19, 2026
Coming May 19, 2026
—Kirkus starred review
—Publishers Weekly
“The future has arrived and it is beyond anything George Orwell could have imagined. In this important new book, Cain details exactly how the Chinese Communist Party deployed 21st century technology – facial recognition, DNA tracking, artificial intelligence – to trap millions of its own citizens in a terrifying dystopia.”
—Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy:
Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Geoffrey Cain is a bestselling author of books on technology and business.
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His books, Samsung Rising and The Perfect Police State, have been called:
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“a prescient, alarming work”
a “thriller”
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