Virtual Light: A biting tehno-thriller from the multi-million copy bestselling author of Neuromancer
William Gibson
Virtual Light: A biting tehno-thriller from the multi-million copy bestselling author of Neuromancer
William Gibson
‘A stunner … a terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination’ Entertainment Weekly
San Francisco, the nearish future-
Ex-cop Berry Rydell’s lost one job he didn’t much like and landed another he likes even less. Some sunglasses - actually high-end kit involving Virtual Reality and super-sensitive data - were stolen from a courier, and a man named Warbaby’s been charged with retrieving them. Warbaby needs a driver and Rydell is the perfect fit. But when the courier is killed and Warbaby gets to work - giving Rydell a taste of what’s expected and exactly what’s at stake - he has second thoughts. Especially when he comes face to face with Chevette, stealer of sunglasses, who’ll land an ex-cop in a heap of trouble …
‘Studded with crackling insights into the relationship between technology, culture and morality, Virtual Light doesn’t miss its stride for a nanosecond’ Time Out
‘Convincing, frightening, written with a sense of craft, a sense of humour and a sense of the ultimate seriousness of the problems it explores’ Chicago Tribune
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