The internationally active computer company Toggle is scanning books in a remote depot in Germany. It is not only the bizarre security measures and the company's overall lackadaisical approach which appear strange – many find their worldwide information power already suspicious. As the owner of the most important search machine in the net, the company can determine which facts are found by a computer search and which are not. Opposition is stirring in Germany. As a PR stunt the American headquarters organises a meeting for the "critical voices" among prestigious scientists, at a five star luxury resort. It doesn't last long though. Because soon an attendee is found dead under mysterious circumstances. The new head of Toggle Germany tries to get to the heart of the matter. His investigations lead him deeper into the structure of his own company. Idealists, profit-greedy businessmen, and government-paid under-cover agents are all wrestling to influence the two anarchical, unpredictable founders and majority shareholders. A filthy-rich Russian oligarch and an unknown third party are trying to gain access to the services of Toggle and the almighty mountains of data from its rival firm Myface. Their plan is to misuse the user's digital traces for their own purposes. The future has already begun. This gripping thriller takes the possibilities of digital misuse to a catastrophic end – a highly relevant subject that should be on each critical user´s agenda.

Florian Felix Weyh lives in Berlin as an author and publicist. He is a permanent contributor of DeutschlandRadio and has written plays, radio plays and essays for which he has received numerous awards. »Toggle« is his debut novel.

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