The novel “Little Brother” by Cory Doctorow was published for the first time in 2008.

Marcus Yallow believes his problem is school, which has a student surveillance system. Thanks to his computer skills, he manages to circumvent it. However, when he and some friends find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, in the area targeted by a terrorist attack, they are arrested as suspects.

After days of interrogation by Homeland Security agents, Marcus is released and discovers that Darryl, one of his friends, is still being held. Threatened with further and worse legal troubles if he reveals what happened to him, he can’t even tell his parents. Seeing the growing power of Homeland Security, he decides to fight back so as not to see his country turned into a police state.