Emergence

In a near-future world, a single corporation has grown so powerful that no government, including the United States, is willing to stand against it. Its reach extends to creating a sovereign nation that it can use as a headquarters beyond the reach of any rival. That firm is Tycom, led by its founder, Thomas Tye, who presents his drive to rescue a damaged planet from environmental collapse as a near-religious calling.

Tycom's orbital platforms, built to control the planet's weather and climate, are close to completion, and a former superpower's armed forces have pledged their support. Yet the cost of Tye's apparent generosity is one the rest of the developed world is no longer willing to bear. The novel follows a many-sided campaign to bring Tycom and its autocratic leader down, and it asks whether the world would be better off without him.