Deepfakes of Greed

In the fictional Euro-American nation of the Meridian Confederacy, a deepfake extortion scheme against a rising political star yields an unexpected fortune. When the two orchestrators—a disgraced campaign consultant and a brilliant coder—fall into a vicious dispute over the spoils, artificial intelligence becomes both a perfect shield for murder and a merciless mirror of their ugliest impulses. Inspired by a landmark court case, this is a story of how technology makes crime invisible and malice nakedly visceral.