The icons of Rock 'n' Roll and R&B are quickly dying - but not fast enough for record executive, Malcolm Spier. Unable to tap the vein of modern audiences, Spier Records and Entertainment turns to the ever-reliable nostalgia machine and recruits desperate artists who are looking for one final moment of glory. Malcolm, along with his lawyer, Charlie Orin, and their protege, Makayla Rogers, soon realise that the only thing more profitable than producing a living legend is reissuing the songs of a dead one. Nothing sells like memories, and Spier Records quickly discovers that nature isn't always the most efficient executioner...
It's the week before the annual Pay Day when strata positions are decided by the controlling corporations. The social media feed is frenetic with people trying to boost their influence rating while those above the strata and those who've opted out pursue their own manipulative goals.Amber is ambitious. Martin is burnt out by years of struggling. She cheats to get what she wants while he barely clings on to what he has.Set in a speculative near-future London, Fluence is a satirical story of aspiration and desperation and of power seen and unseen. It's a story of control and consequence. It's the story of the extremes to which Amber and Martin are prepared to go in these last ten thousand minutes before Pay Day.