The Serendipity Foundation

Sam Smit

Beschreibung

On an abandoned street
in Old Cairo, four Brits are kidnapped. But this is no ordinary kidnapping.

 
They are hostages of
the Serendipity Foundation, a millennium-old collective with a prophecy to
fulfil. They’re prepared to do whatever it takes—and they’re going to make the
British government play along.

 
As the unconventional
ransom demands escalate, the Foundation’s real aims are gradually revealed:
instead of inspiring fear, their mission is to repair the corrupted values of
media, industry and government before it’s too late.

 
The Serendipity Foundation is a razor-sharp and powerful satirical fable
that speaks to the heart of a new political generation and asks: why do so many
of us settle for a world we know we can make better?

Verfügbar seit: 14.07.2016.

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