Consortium de Falsification du Réel Series by Antoine Bello

Fresh out of college, Sliv, a young Icelander, joins an environmental consulting firm. Soon his superior reveals that the firm houses the activities of a secret organization, the Consortium for the Falsification of Reality, which rewrites history and falsifies the world as we know it. Agents of the CFR, scattered in hundreds of offices and branches around the world, produce scenarios, which they strive to establish by creating false sources or altering existing ones... moreFresh out of college, Sliv, a young Icelander, joins an environmental consulting firm. Soon his superior reveals that the firm houses the activities of a secret organization, the Consortium for the Falsification of Reality, which rewrites history and falsifies the world as we know it. Agents of the CFR, scattered in hundreds of offices and branches around the world, produce scenarios, which they strive to establish by creating false sources or altering existing ones. Why and on whose behalf, that’s what Sliv sets out to discover. For example, Laika, the dog known for orbiting the earth aboard a Sputnik satellite, never existed. Who runs the CFR and for what purpose? That’s what Sliv sets out to discover. The Falsifiers, an international best-seller, is the first installment of a trilogy. It is followed by The Pathfinders and The Producers. less

In this second installment of the Falsifiers trilogy, the stakes have gotten higher. Sliv is tasked with daunting missions: help a small Asian country gain its independence, chase a rogue CFR agent, and convince the Bush Administration that Saddam Hussein no longer possesses weapons of mass destruction. Yet, in a post 9/11 world, Sliv and his colleagues are not the only ones tampering with reality. The Pathfinders was awarded the prestigious Prix France Culture Telerama in 2009... moreIn this second installment of the Falsifiers trilogy, the stakes have gotten higher. Sliv is tasked with daunting missions: help a small Asian country gain its independence, chase a rogue CFR agent, and convince the Bush Administration that Saddam Hussein no longer possesses weapons of mass destruction. Yet, in a post 9/11 world, Sliv and his colleagues are not the only ones tampering with reality. The Pathfinders was awarded the prestigious Prix France Culture Telerama in 2009. It is preceded by The Falsifiers and followed by The Showrunners but can be read independently. less

In this third and final installment of the Falsifiers trilogy, Sliv has a hand in Barack Obama's election and helps Lena Thorsen create a Maya city with the whole world watching.