“We, The Watched” by Adam Bender, a dystopian novel

A novel about surveillance and propaganda

We, The Watched by Adam Bender

A 20-something man wakes up without memory and finds himself in a nation that administers a Watched List of its own citizens. He meets people who accept invasive surveillance by the government and forced uniformity by the church as necessary safeguards for protecting the homeland. The amnesiac learns quickly that opposition is heresy—and punishable by death.

WE, THE WATCHED is a dystopian novel about what happens when one man forgets the propaganda. He makes strides toward getting his life back together, but the fresh perspective granted by his rebirth soon proves to be more a curse than a gift.

“There’s action, romance, and social commentary woven into a brilliant story with an amazing plot twist near the end,” writes David Broughton in the American Chronicle. “It’s science fiction in the way that Orwell’s 1984 or Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury dystopian novels are considered science fiction … The writing is nearly on par with these geniuses of the written word.”

As a journalist for Communications Daily in Washington, D.C., author Adam Bender has reported on court and congressional hearings about illegal government surveillance and other technology-fueled abuses of power. Bender’s debut novel takes a fresh literary look at these current issues.

You can sample the first few chapters of the Kindle, Nook, iPad and PC-compatible eBook for free at Smashwords and other popular eBook stores. If you like what you read, you can buy it for just $2.99. That’s about the price of a Starbucks coffee. For more information, visit the official website at http://www.WeTheWatched.com.

Author Name:: Adam Bender
Author Website:: http://www.wethewatched.com
Book Title:: We, The Watched
ISBN:: 9781452346038
Publisher:: Smashwords

About the Author

Adam Bender writes fiction that explores modern-day fears with a literary style that is fresh, smart and accessible. While his work invents cities, nations and history, Bender grounds his storytelling with realistic characters and a crisp writing style that follows the old journalism maxim, “Show, don’t tell.”

In his day job as a journalist in Washington, D.C., Adam writes about federal law on telecommunications and the Internet. He is the lead Capitol Hill reporter for trade pub Communications Daily, and has covered congressional sessions on government surveillance and other technology-fueled breaches of privacy. He also has reported extensively on federal courts and the Federal Communications Commission.

For more info and a blog, visit Adam’s official website at fadedwave.com.

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