book cover of novel Cash Crash Jubilee

Cash Crash Jubilee

Book One of the Jubilee Cycle

In a near future Tokyo, every action—from blinking to sexual intercourse—is intellectual property owned by corporations that charge licensing fees. A BodyBank computer system implanted in each citizen records their movements from moment to moment, and connects them to the ImmaNet, a shifting phantasmagoria of audio-visual information inseparable from the city itself.

Amon Kenzaki works as a Liquidator. His job is to capture bankrupt citizens, remove their BodyBank, and banish them to BankDeath Camps where they are forever cut off from the action-transaction economy.

Every night, Amon dreams of a mysterious forest, and with his savings steadily accumulating, looks forward to the day that he can finally afford to go there. But when he is charged for an incredibly expensive action called “jubilee” that he is sure he never performed, he finds himself caught up in a struggle between dark corporate forces and must fight to preserve his financial existence.

Join Amon Kenzaki on his action-packed philosophical journey into a hyper-capitalist dystopia like none ever imagined.

Praise For Cash Crash Jubilee


“William reverses the outsider perspective of cyberpunk in this intricate tale of a digitally claustrophobic future.”
Publishers Weekly

“Eli K. P. William is a genius. He’s one part Cory Doctorow, one part William Gibson, plus a third element that’s all his own — a unique, powerful voice that truly understands Japan. The Jubilee Cycle is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride into the dark future of capitalism run amok penned by one of the most important modern science-fiction writers. Highly recommended.” 
—Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo, Nebula, and three-time Seiun Award-winning author of End of an Era

“As entertaining as the works by American-Canadian science fiction giant William Gibson.”
Japan Times

“Cash Crash Jubilee is a fun, smart read, a great way to start a trilogy of novels.”
—Amazing Stories

“The defining dystopia for our time.”
Barnes & Noble Sci Fi & Fantasy Blog

The future presented is believable… highly readable, entertaining… This is a page-turner that is more of a mystery than science fiction. Readers will want to know what ‘Jubilee’ really means just as much as Amon. Just remember to get some sleep and avoid being ‘discreditable’.” 
—Yomiuri Shimbun (on book one Cash Crash Jubilee)

サイバーパンクと日本的な風景は、ギブソンやブレードランナーを引き合いに出すまでもなく、本作においてもとてもよくマッチしているように感じる。
—SFマガジン

“Cash Crash Jubilee is the first book in a trilogy that promises to be a notable contribution to a long and distinguished tradition.”
—Peter Tasker, Japan financial guru and author of Dragon Dance

“Eli K. P. William’s book is prophetic and chilling in the best of ways, darkly sardonic yet filled with compassion.”
—Gordon Dahlquist, author of The Glass Book of the Dream Eaters

Cash Crash Jubilee is utterly fascinating, from cover to cover… a trove of insanity and wonder, all in one place.”
BiblioSanctum

“Cash Crash Jubilee is a roller-coaster ride of action and political speculation, all set against a vivid urban backdrop lit by total corporate domination of human life. Writing in the tradition of Dick and Gibson, Eli K. P. William leverages the details of near-future dystopian Tokyo to superb critical effect. A terrific debut!”

—Mark Kingwell, author of Concrete Reveries and The World We Want

“What is truly phenomenal about Cash Crash Jubilee, and what has held my attention, is the world building. Everything is explained, described, or illustrated in a way that makes sure the reader is never confused, but that also doesn’t hinder the development of the plot in any way. It’s an action-packed techno thriller. And after reading it, I’ll never take something as simple as staring up at the night sky for granted again.”
BookRiot

“Combines 1984’s brutal totalitarianism and Brave New World’s seductive consumerism. Its premise is both horrifying and ridiculous. Is it a satire or a thriller? It works brilliantly as either.”
—John Love, author of Faith and Evensong

“A one-way bullet train into a bizarre but chillingly plausible future. A brilliant debut!”
—Jesse Bullington, author of The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart and The Folly of the World

“A stunning debut novel, a glorious and disturbing view of a strange new world that could easily become our new world. Fans of Neal Stephenson and William Gibson will find much to enjoy in Cash Crash Jubilee.”
—Wayne Arthurson, author of Fall From Grace and A Killing Winter

“Cash Crash Jubilee is a story that deserves your undivided attention.”
Scifi Gazette

“Once you start down this road of corruption, consumerism and intrigue; you won’t stop until you hit the finish line.”
—Science Fiction Book Club

Praise For The Naked World (Jubilee Cycle book two)


“While a completely original work, characters in ‘The Naked World’ — part two of the ‘Jubilee Cycle’ trilogy — face predicaments evocative of works by Jonathan Swift, Aldous Huxley, Philip K. Dick, George Orwell and Stephen King.”
The Japan Times

“The sequel to Cash Crash Jubilee returns to a world pulled straight from the best episode of Black Mirror never made.”
B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog

“A riveting read from cover to cover, The Naked World demonstrates Eli William as having a genuine flair for originality and imaginative, narrative driven storytelling of the first order.”
The Midwest Book Review

“A worthy second novel in a trilogy, and made me eager to read the final book.”
Amazing Stories

Other Books in The Jubilee Cycle Trilogy

About The Author

Eli K.P. WilliamEli K.P. William is the author of The Jubilee Cycle trilogy (Skyhorse Publishing), a science fiction trilogy set in a dystopian future Tokyo. He also translates Japanese literature, including the bestselling novel A Man (Crossing) by Keiichiro Hirano. His translations, essays, and short stories have appeared in such publications as GrantaThe Southern ReviewMonkey, and The Malahat Review.

More about Eli here.      
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