The Tuesday Code

You're exhausted by the polarization. Then it breaks, the way you feared. The president won't leave. The National Guard is federalized. AI surveillance watches everyone as a temporary measure. For now.

You told yourself it couldn't happen. Then the Great Gridlock hits. The power's out. Communication's gone. The country goes dark and turns on itself. And you still have to get up and go to work. 

You keep your head down. Sign what needs signing. Tell yourself it's an emergency. Most people do.

Not everyone does. You start to feel something different. A master teacher and a street-smart teenager lead strangers to rebuild the trust that keeps one another alive. If you can trust the person beside you.

The election is the first Tuesday in November. The Tuesday Code is what you do next.

THE STORY

Riley built his career on the order and stability required to run the world's most advanced automotive plant. When the Gridlock hits, he does what most people do. He keeps his head down. Signs what needs signing. Tells himself it's an emergency. For now.

In the wreckage of the Great Gridlock, Riley meets two people he can't quite dismiss. Victoria is a master teacher who holds people to a high standard. Leo is a street-wise teenager who survived the collapse by taking what he needed and sharing what he had. Riley likes them. He doesn't believe it's enough.

The Bensalem plant is under attack digitally, physically, and from within. Riley understands order. Victoria and Leo understand freedom. Which saves Bensalem? 

WHY THIS BOOK, WHY NOW

The Tuesday Code arrives during the 250th anniversary of American independence and a consequential election season. For readers of Station Eleven, which showed what survives a collapse, and Severance, which showed the cost of going along, The Tuesday Code goes further, asking whether a free society can distribute its power faster than its enemies can consolida