Boy in a white room

Based on the thriller of the same name by Karl Olsberg

WITH NO MEMORY WHATSOEVER, 15-YEAR-OLD MANUEL wakes up in an empty, white room. He knows neither how he got here nor who he is. His only connection to the outside world is Alice, a computer-generated voice that connects him to the Internet. Little by little, Manuel figures out what must have happened to him: During an attempted kidnapping, he was apparently injured so severely that he will never again be able to lead a normal
life. Only with the help of a brain-computer interface is he even able to see, hear, and speak—but only virtually. Driven by an unwavering determination to uncover the truth and reclaim his own identity, he embarks on a dangerous journey through various
layers of reality—because nothing is as it seems. Karl Olsberg’s novel, nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize, is a suspenseful,
dystopian thriller full of unexpected twists. It also raises profound philosophical questions: When is a person a person? What, exactly, is the self? And what kind of future are we heading toward with today’s rapid technological development?