Authors:

  • Kevin Nguyen
Cover of New Waves

Lucas and Margo are fed up. Margo is a brilliant programmer tired of being talked over as the companys sole Black employee, and while Lucas is one of many Asians at the firm, hes nearly invisible as a low-paid customer service rep. Together, they decide to steal their tech start-ups user database in an attempt at revenge. The heist takes a sudden turn when Margo dies in a car accident, and Lucas is left reeling, wondering what to do with their secret–and wondering whether her death really was an accident. When Lucas hacks into Margos computer looking for answers, he is drawn into her secret online life and realizes just how little he knew about his best friend. With a fresh voice, biting humor, and piercing observations about human nature, Kevin Nguyen brings an insiders knowledge of the tech industry to this imaginative novel. A pitch-perfect exploration of race and start-up culture, secrecy and surveillance, social media and friendship, New Waves asks: How well do we really know each other? And how do we form true intimacy and connection in a tech-obsessed world?

Citations

Nguyen, Kevin. New Waves: A Novel. New York: One World, 2020.