Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award“Samsung Rising reads like a dynastic thriller, rolling through three generations of family intrigue, embezzlement, bribery, corruption, prostitution and other bad behavior. . . . Wonderfully informative.”—The Wall Street Journal “A brisk, balanced telling of the Samsung story.”—The New York Times Book Review “A gripping read . . . Cain knows his material.”—Financial Times “Essential reading for the 21st century . . . Samsung Rising is a masterclass in business bio-writing—one that reads like a cyberpunk thriller crackling with circuitry, lit by neon and fueled by soju.”—Asia Times “[A] page-turner of a book . . . Of every book on this list, Samsung Rising is the one I devoured the fastest.”—Cult of Mac (2020’s Best Tech Books)“Cain’s writing is appropriately damning of Samsung’s failures and admiring of its achievements, providing a comprehensive look at one of the most secretive and consequential companies in the world.”—The Verge“Cain captures the drama of Samsung. . . . He pulls no punches, touching raw nerves of rivalries and repression and clashing egos in an account that’s unavoidably murky at times, but riveting current history.”—Forbes “[A] riveting story . . . one of entrepreneurial derring-do and excruciating work habits mixed with scandals, vendettas and political intrigue.”—The Economist “With Samsung Rising, Geoffrey Cain shines an incisive and entertaining light into the secretive world of the South Korean technology giant, whose ambitions and idiosyncrasies are shaping our digital lives in ways we probably can’t imagine.”—Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store and The Upstarts

Overseas Press Club citation for the Cornelius Ryan Award for "best non-fiction book on international affairs" in 2021“The future has arrived and it is beyond anything George Orwell could have imagined. In this important new book, Cain details exactly how the Chinese Communist Party deployed 21st century technology—facial recognition, DNA tracking, artificial intelligence—to trap millions of its own citizens in a terrifying dystopia.”―Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea"The Perfect Police State should come with a warning: the scope of the Chinese surveillance state is deeper, broader, more insidious and terrifying than you can imagine. Geoffrey Cain deftly details how China has used global businesses, unabashed censorship at home and alliances with authoritarian regimes to create an ever-expanding police state. Cain doesn’t lose sight of the people entrapped by the system… The Perfect Police State is a tour-de-force."―Elizabeth Becker, author of When the War Was Over"In an expose that is as timely as it is alarming, Geoffrey Cain shows how China is using artificial intelligence and totalitarian repression to turn its westernmost region into a human-rights hellhole. After reading The Perfect Police State, it is impossible to regard the Chinese leadership with anything other than contempt—and fear."―Blaine Harden, author of Escape from Camp 14“Packing a wealth of information into a crisp narrative, this is an impassioned and well-informed exposé.”―Publishers Weekly“A scarifying dive into China’s pernicious spy state…A prescient, alarming work on the overreach of technology and state power.”―Kirkus Reviews starred review