Real Powers: Part One

It's 2027, and as the global economy shifts from unprecedented prosperity into harsh decline, the world's experts struggle to understand why.

A young blogger discovers a device with a hidden purpose.

An idealistic journalist upends her career by targeting the people who own the news.

A master media manipulator questions his work and takes on a challenging new client.

An energy tycoon bristles as her powerful position is challenged.

A technologist-turned-cult leader questions his own faith.

A burgeoning hacktivist group makes headlines around the world, their intentions unclear.

And spurred by events he doesn't fully understand, an unaccomplished young man born into a political dynasty decides to shatter convention to take his rightful place in the world.