Cory Doctorow
Eastern Standard Tribe
"Eastern Standard Tribe" by Cory Doctorow is a science fiction novel published in 2004. In a future where people organize into online "tribes" based on shared time zones rather than physical location, Art Berry works as a double-agent consultant in London. After a chance encounter with Linda leads to a revolutionary idea for peer-to-peer music sharing, Art becomes entangled in betrayal and conspiracy. Now trapped in an insane asylum, he must piece together how his girlfriend and colleague orchestrated his downfall.