"Golden creates an initially compelling, yet uneasy mashup of fantasy and modernity, set in an imaginary island utopia that is governed by a near-mythic figure known as the Raven". Rating for Plot/Idea 7/10. The BookLife Prize in Fiction.
Set on the jungle Island, 'Instantavia', main character, 'the Raven' is the black haired muscular beautiful CEO of the most successful society globally. Through use of a unique concept 'augniscience' they have cracked the productivity question. Film crews from around the world have been flying in. The BBC crew; the one she had been waiting for. Led by 'Culkin', the love of her life, the crew gain access to her through televised interviews on her jungle stage. The story that follows is profoundly romantic, an exploration of the complex Raven and an unfolding of the economic concept that has set this Island up to lead on the world stage