Valley of Death: How Big Tech is Fueling the Future of War

A shocking story about big money, military might, and a technological revolution . . . A masterwork of investigative reporting that reveals a network of billionaires and power brokers at the heart of American empire -- Christopher Leonard, author of KOCHLAND and THE LORDS OF EASY MONEY

There is no more pressing national security issue than the role that artificial intelligence will play in the future of warfare - and there is nobody better to explain it than Sharon Weinberger . . . a must read -- Michael Isikoff, co-author of RUSSIAN ROULETTE

Terrifying . . . Absorbing . . . Gripping ― Daily Telegraph

A landmark of research and synthesis. Few other subjects are of greater moment ... With admirable sensitivity and balance, Weinberger explores the moral and practical implications inherent in such a seismic shift ... Carries echoes of Tom Wolfe ― New York Post

Superb ― Los Angeles Review of Books

Sharon Weinberger has been writing on national security issues for more than twenty-five years. She was the National Security Editor at the Wall Street Journal from 2022 to 2026 and has also contributed to the New York Times, New York Magazine, and Washington Post, among other outlets. Also the author of The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency that Changed the World, A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry, and Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld, she is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has held fellowships at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, MIT's Knight Science Journalism program, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She lives in Washington, DC.