About In Absence of Fear
After years of terrorist attacks, murders and kidnappings, citizens of the State vote to enact the Protector Program. A predictive policing system, it signals the dawn of the New Era. Passive iD chips are implanted in every citizen’s wrist, providing convenience and protection.The chips enable users to unlock homes, start cars, transact in stores, and monitor their health. They also collect data. Specially designed risk prediction algorithms parse and analyze user data to predict individual levels of threat, aiding the predictive policing program and eradicating crime in most cities. Marus Winde has worked for the State’s Intelligence Annex since the inception of the New Era. As Senior Algorithm Architect, no one is more dedicated to the predictive policing program. No one has greater trust in its proficiencies. That is, until his young son vanishes inexplicably in broad daylight in the safest city in the world. As Marus works to reconcile the program’s deficiencies and unravel the mystery of his son’s disappearance, he discovers that the system he helped build is not only imperfect, but corruptible, and that even the greatest of technological advancements can’t replicate human intuition. IN ABSENCE OF FEAR is the vividly imagined debut novel by Celeste Chaney that explores the role technology plays in our lives. Is it our servant, or are we its slaves? Examining themes of privacy, family, love and patriotism, this remarkably gripping story has been called “the ‘1984’ for the post-Snowden era.”
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Celeste Chaney is an American author and filmmaker.
She is the writer, producer, and director of “Cradle Song”, a short psychological thriller about a sleep-deprived new mother struggling with postpartum psychosis. The film is enjoying a (virtual) festival run and was selected as a Gold Winner by the World London Film Festival.
Celeste’s first screenplay, “The Feed,” adapted from her short story of the same name, was optioned by Passage Pictures. The script was a finalist for the Alfred P. Sloan Filmmaker’s Fund and Tribeca Film Institute’s 2019 AT&T Untold Stories Competition. It was part of the Official Selection in the 2019 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition.
Her script “Dark Rooms” is a techno thriller about a lonely hacker who broadcasts the lives of strangers on the Dark Web.
Her novel, “In Absence of Fear,” received Honorable Mention at the 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards.
Celeste recently completed the feature-length adaptation of “Cradle Song.” She is now at work developing a web series, writing a true life drama, and a feature-length comedy called “Vanish.”