The Escape by Gabriel Dedji

Author:Gabriel Dedji
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Published: 2019-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Derrick Hodge, Robert Dilan, Dennissa Cole, Nikola West, Nate Smith, Lonnie Lynn and Germaine Cole are all in the office. Their eighth member is working on the next course of action. The time is 13:45.

As always, the computer-lit room was filled with an eerie atmosphere and freezing temperatures, but the group persisted to meet despite the non-existent heaters. In the corner of the room, lay a melodica next to Lonnie Lynn, a brooding, Swedish-Somali man, who sat quietly whilst playing with his Rubik’s cube as if he was completely oblivious to the discussion between his peers. He was a hacker, a fugitive and criminal but an overall kind gentleman. His past was a dark mystery fuelled by his hatred for the system that he had been stuck in from birth. The first epiphany Lonnie had was after reading the opening excerpt from a book titled ‘Honey Theory: The illusion of free will’ which read:

’Honey is flower nectar collected by bees which is broken down into simple sugars and stored inside honeycomb. The flavour, texture and colour of honey are dependent on the environment of the bee, because different flowers have different nectars.

Free will is and always has been a myth since the fall of man. It has been programmed into us psychologically to absorb knowledge from our surroundings constantly. To some extent, we live in a time where freedom is even more non-existent than ever because at each second of our lives—even during sleep—we are being bombarded with information from music, TV shows, movies and by communicating with other people. They subliminally convey their experiences to us to a point that we are no more ourselves but a product of the memories of our experiences.

We are just like honey.

Whilst writing this book, there was one troubling fact that I hadn’t quite considered: if we (as human beings) are products of information (primarily the media) then those who control the media control us. If this part of my theory is correct then there is truly no hope for individuality or human rights.’

Lonnie’s response to the excerpt was radical yet simple: for him to find freedom, he was to take away the power from those who controlled the media. It was a Goliath of a task, which was almost impossible to complete alone.

He was unaware of the irony in his ambition.

For the first five years, Lonnie had been beyond successful in his mission. Somehow, he had been able to uncover secrets of the existence of the clandestine oligarchs who ruled over publishing companies, record labels, journalists and the likes for years. His weapon of choice was usually a laptop which he utilised to hack into endless numbers of databases. However, on one of his most dangerous of missions his only option was to break into the home of a TV mogul who was the key for him to finally complete his greatest work. His aim was to cause a crisis that would practically erupt across all forms of media and would result in the end of the tyranny of ‘information’.

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