Books like Lies, Inc by Philip K. Dick
In a distant, Earth‑like colony called Whale’s Mouth, 40 million settlers arrive via a one‑way teleportation system that offers a seemingly utopian escape. The story follows the owner of a faltering spaceship cargo company who is recruited to travel the 18‑year journey to the colony to retrieve any dissatisfied colonists. As he uncovers unsettling truths, he confronts covert powers determined to conceal the colony’s reality.
First publish date: 1984
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Philip K. Dick
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