Matt Witten joins me to talk about 51%, his speculative thriller set in a near-future America where corporations own everything, including people.

We dig into one of the book’s strongest ideas: a privatised justice system where detectives have to crowdfund murder investigations. That opens up a wider discussion about debt, ownership, healthcare, policing, and how worldbuilding becomes far more powerful when it creates real pressure on characters’ daily choices.

If you like dystopian fiction with clear systems and strong moral stakes, this one has plenty to get into.

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