Galician writer Manel Loureiro returns with Before Everything Changes, a novel published by Planeta that explores the limits of loyalty and terror. The plot places a man on the brink of the abyss who agrees to carry out an attack against the leaders of the European Union, gathered on the island of A Toxa. Each decision the protagonist makes alters the course of events in a thrilling story.
Building a credible threat in the age of digital surveillance 🕵️
Loureiro, a lawyer and communicator, weaves a web of tension based on real elements of security and geopolitics. The novel does not rely on futuristic technology; it uses human vulnerabilities and flaws in current protocols. The author shows how an ordinary individual, with access to sensitive information and a meticulous plan, can challenge modern defense systems. The plot is sustained by the logic that the greatest risk is not algorithms, but the people who manage them.
If politicians gather, someone is surely planning chaos 💣
That European leaders meet on a Galician island is, for Loureiro, the perfect excuse for a disaster. Because, let's be honest, if at your next neighborhood meeting you're already arguing about the elevator, imagine 27 presidents in a spa discussing the budget. Someone had to write a thriller about that. And thank goodness it's fiction, because reality already has enough bureaucracy.