Invisible Ones: A Poetic Indictment of Sweden´s Taxi Slave Trade

Some call it freedom - the drivers themselves call it survival

In a Sweden where the gig economy is spreading and working conditions are being pushed to the limit, taxis are on the road round the clock. Behind the wheel sit migrant workers, small business owners, and hourly-paid workers - people who keep society moving but who themselves are trapped in an economic nightmare. They are hounded by employers, by algorithms and by time iyself.

For more than forty years, freelance journalist Klas Vinter has driven for one of Stockholm´s best-known taxi companies. Now, with unique insight and documentary precision, he tells the story of an industry that is collapsing from within. It is a story of night shifts, humiliation and invisible power games - and of the people forced to navigate between loyalty, exhaustion and the hope for something better.

The Invisible Ones is not just a book about taxis. Itis a report on a Sweden where work no longer guarantees security - and where the price for our convenience is paid by those we rarely see.

"A literary portrayal that hits you like a punch in the face." - Transportarbetaren, Sweden´s leading transport magazine

"Vinter writes in a way that really resonates, in beautiful, almost poetic prose" - David Bjorklund, BTJ, Swedish Library Service