The Phone Company

“ANY SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM MAGIC.”—ARTHUR C. CLARKEHELLO, I AM THE TETHERThe Phone Company has been around for a long time. As civilization grew, so did its power, slowly spreading its lines across the continent. Today it’s in everything. It’s in the air around us.I CAN TRACK YOUR KIDS FOR YOUNow PCo is building a cell tower in the isolated town of Cracked Rock, Montana, bringing with it infrastructure, opportunity, and the world’s smartest phone: the brand-new Tether.I CAN SPY ON YOUR NEIGHBORSBut the Tether isn’t just a phone. It knows everything about you. It can give you anything you want. It can even connect you with the dead.ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GET CONNECTEDAs the Tether digs up the town’s dirtiest skeletons, one father must make a stand to save what’s left of his family, his town, and humanity itself—or succumb to his own desires.THE TETHER: I’M NOT TECHNOLOGY