AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A fearless and urgent exposé of technofascism - and a road map to resistance.
When Silicon Valley 'moves fast and breaks things', the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Durán reveals something far more sinister afoot: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule.
Drawing on insider political experience and new investigations, Durán traces this ideology from its philosophical roots in The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. He introduces its modern apostles - Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Balaji Srinivasan and Elon Musk - and shows how the promise of technological liberation has transformed into a global movement for digital feudalism, powered by cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and algorithmically driven propaganda on social media.
The Nerd Reich explains the origins, strategies and ambitions of Silicon Valley's war on democracy for the first time. From San Francisco's weaponised elections and secret billionaire projects to the White House, Durán exposes how the world's richest men are building a new political order.
The Nerd Reich is more than a hidden history; it's an urgent warning: democracy is being dismantled, not by coups or tanks but by code, capital and the illusion of innovation. Durán insists there is still time to fight back - if we act now.
Gil Durán, New York Times bestseller, August 2026
| ISBN: | 9781398555921 |
| Publication date: | 18th August 2026 |
| Author: | Gil Duran |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster UK Ltd. an imprint of Simon & Schuster UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Genres: |
Violence and abuse in society Political structures: democracy Information technology industries Social and ethical issues Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects Public administration Corruption in politics, government and society |
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A fearless and urgent exposé of technofascism - and a road map to resistance.When Silicon Valley 'moves fast and breaks things', the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Durán reveals something far more sinister afoot: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule. Drawing on insider political experience and new investigations, Durán traces this ideology from its philosophical roots in The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg.
The Nerd Reich features in the following genres: Violence and abuse in society, Political structures: democracy, Information technology industries, Social and ethical issues, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, Public administration, Corruption in politics, government and society
Hardback. £22.50, down from the £25.00 cover price. In Stock.
The Nerd Reich was written by Gil Duran and published by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd. an imprint of Simon & Schuster UK
The Nerd Reich has 368 pages
£22.50, reduced from £25.00. In Stock.