The protagonist, a young man named Jake, discovers that he has the ability to communicate with machines and is recruited by a secret organization called the Thud Squadron, which is fighting against the government's control over technology. Long detailed description of the plot for the book 'Thud Squadron Signal 5004': In the not-too-distant future, the world has become a dystopian society where technology has evolved to the point where it controls almost every aspect of life. The government, known as the "Technocracy has developed advanced machines that have replaced most jobs and have made humans almost obsolete. The Technocracy has also created a new form of currency, called "Credits which are used to control people's access to resources and services. The main character, Jake, is a young man who lives in poverty and struggles to survive in this world. One day, while working on his computer, he discovers that he can communicate with machines through a process called "neural networking.

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