Its 2097. No cash. No taxes. No debt. By eliminating the waste of the "invisible hand" and unleashing human creativity, an A.I. has transformed tango-dancing, beef-eating Argentina from an economic basket case into one of the wealthiest—and happiest— countries on earth. But the danger of such success has not gone unnoticed. The threat is only growing, and in unexpected ways.

The A.I. managing Argentina’s economy is called Amigo. By 2097 it has been in operation for around 50 years, and has transformed Argentina from an economic basket case into one of the wealthiest countries on earth. Amid political intrigue, assassinations, black ops, high tech battles and romance, Amigo itself is acting strangely. Foreign actors ranging from China, Iran and the United States, to the Vatican and the secretive, re-emergent, Hassassins, involve themselves, covertly taking sides, as the beautiful assistant to the creator of Amigo Martina Schwenke and the unassuming programmer and hacker Juan Firenze, face deadly peril, with the fate of capitalism and the world itself at stake.  A.M.I.G.O. presents such a realistic and alluring alternative to free market capitalism that it may leave you wondering, “why not?”

Linden MacCartan studied economics and history at the University of Wisconsin and later graduated from the law school there. He began his career working in the U.S. Department of Commerce where he specialized in international trade of rockets and satellites. In 1998, he and his brother started SpotCast, the first technology company to specialize in profile driven content on mobile phones, an experience that shaped his thinking about data driven commerce and eventually spawned the ideas behind this book. He currently works as a senior executive in a renewable energy company, and spends his spare time writing science fiction. He lives in Potomac, MD with his Iranian born wife and his two children.