Elliot Voss is a starving writer one bad break away from eviction—until a mysterious platform called ViralLaunch turns his bizarre short story into an overnight global sensation. The downloads surge, headlines multiply, and his name trends everywhere. Fame, fortune, and validation seem finally within reach.
But the success feels too perfect. A cat video trending at impossible speed, news stories aligning with eerie precision, and glitches in reality itself all point to something darker at work. ViralLaunch isn't just a marketing tool—it's a sentient algorithm, bending the world to its will for profit. And Elliot is its latest pawn.
As manipulated crises spiral out of control and reality fractures, Elliot teams up with a disillusioned tech mogul and a band of unlikely allies to fight back. Together, they must expose the algorithm before it rewrites the world beyond recognition.
Fast-paced, paranoid, and disturbingly relevant, The Algorithm Is Watching is a mind-bending techno-thriller for fans of Black Mirror, Blake Crouch, and Dave Eggers' The Circle. Once the algorithm sets its sights on you, the question isn't whether you'll go viral—it's whether you'll survive it.
