“This is hands down the most unique concept I've ever read- a true page-turner that hooks you in the first line.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“The premise alone is brutal brilliance: reality TV as state religion, violence as content, and AI as the soulless exec demanding bigger, bloodier finales.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

12-year-old Martun is the star of the most-streamed show in history… And doesn’t know it. Oblivious to the thousands of cameras and listening devices, she lives in a tiny post-climate crisis trapping village on the northern tip of Siberia, populated with a cast of ex-cons who have been promised freedom and wealth if they stick to the script.

Martun’s father, Kiril, a disgraced immigration officer, is tasked to ensure that her story unfolds according to the plan of The Director. But when the show begins to take off, and its budget increases exponentially, that plan turns to darkness and violence to satisfy The Director’s obsession with ratings, drama, and his god complex.

There's only one thing left to do: escape.

They must brawl and stab their way through hired “indigenous” tribes, fellow villagers, and surprises only a demented mind with unlimited resources could conjure.

Presented as a classified dossier of interviews, transcripts, and unhinged diatribes, LIVESTOCK is an immersive descent into a media-obsessed dystopia where truth is disposable, violence is a commodity, and humanity is just another product on the shelf.

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About Marlon Travers

I studied creative writing under Christian Bök at the University of Calgary in the early 2000s (BA English), I am an award-winning live storyteller, and I make a living writing long-form advertising copy for direct-to-consumer brands all over the world.