Virtual Reality vs the Caliphate: The techno-psycho pursuit of terrorists

This science fiction book explores the ideas of using technology combined with the behavioral sciences in the fight against the Caliphate, the Islamic State terrorists.

Think about the ramifications of large technology companies (like a Facebook, Alphabet, or Alibaba) that have a global presence and huge cash reserves worldwide. Additionally, a space-based internet allows these major corporations to connect to the world population and permeate societies with social, health, educational, and commerce opportunities. Consequently, traditional nations decline in power due to internal and external ideological differences, indecision, overburdening debt, and the rising influence of these new ‘corporate states’. Concurrent with these developments, the Islamic State, the Caliphate, expands into Europe -- the Statue of David is crushed and the Louvre and Vatican are being repurposed. The geopolitical environment has changed.

After numerous terrorist attacks on corporations, the major corporations decide to strike back. Four dedicated computer scientists, associated with these corporate states, lead the war against the terrorists using a virtual reality and artificial intelligence based ‘Ultraverse’ (the new internet) coupled with advanced analytics and behavioral science.
There are questions for the reader at the end to further postulate technology, geopolitics, and our future.

Author’s note: This book is a follow-up from my non-fiction, Corporate Nationalism is Dead - Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc, aren’t ‘U.S.’ Companies, which establishes the framework of the technology, corporate states, geopolitics, and globalization that could make this a reality.