The release date for the English version of 'Permanent Record' by
Edward Snowden is Sep 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
For the first time, Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's widespread surveillance system, shares his entire story. This includes how he contributed to the system's development and what drove him to attempt to topple it.
Twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden stunned the world in 2013 by exposing the US government's covert efforts to get the ability to intercept each and every phone conversation, text message, and email. Snowden had broken with the American intelligence elite. As a consequence, every individual on the planet would be subject to an unparalleled mass monitoring apparatus that might invade their personal life. After six years, Snowden discloses for the first time how he contributed to the creation of this system and the reasons he felt compelled to make it public.
Permanent Record is an astonishing story of a brilliant young guy who grew up online, spanning his youth in idyllic Beltway suburbs and his adult life in covert CIA and NSA posts. This individual went on to become a spy, a whistleblower, and the conscience of the Internet while living in exile. Permanent Record is an essential memoir of our digital era, written with humour, elegance, passion, and unabashed candour. It is sure to become a classic.