2054

The Fiction Spot

A snapshot review of a book related to the Non-fiction Feature


Also in Bulletin #49:
The Non-fiction Feature: Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
The Product Spot: NatGeo Geography page

The Pithy Take

2054 is a political sci-fi thriller, set a few decades in the future, after a war between the U.S. and China completely blows up the current political order. The book follows multiple characters, slowly revealing how their pasts and actions intertwine after the sudden death of the U.S. president.

It covers macro-level geopolitics (how the world rearranged itself around new power and technology) and micro-level character-building (not only relationships but also the pull that home countries have on their people). It’s a fast-paced, easy read that looks into our near future of technological leaps and geopolitical shifts.


B.T. only had to pick up a newspaper or read a book published in the last decade or so to understand the special relationship that existed between Lagos and Beijing.

The great Game being played in biotech, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing had come to define foreign policy as nations aligned with one another in pursuit of the Singularity.


2054

Author: Elliot Ackerman & Admiral James Stavridis
Publisher: Penguin Books
304 pages | 2025
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