A vision of the future unfurls in '2054: A Novel,' twenty years after a ruinous war between the United States and China. An American president dies under mysterious circumstances, sparking conspiracy theories and igniting civil conflict amidst a nation already divided. A revolutionary AI breakthrough, tied to a techie's disappearance in the Amazon, becomes the focal point for global powers vying for supremacy. Through the eyes of those at the nexus of tech, intelligence, and politics, authors Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis examines the perilous path of progress and the future of democratic society.