By Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson, writer of the number one big apple instances bestseller Anathem, returns to the terrain of his groundbreaking novels Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, and Cryptonomicon to bring a high-intensity, high-stakes, action-packed experience mystery during which a tech entrepreneur will get stuck within the very actual crossfire of his personal on-line struggle game.
In 1972, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa farming extended family, fled to the mountains of British Columbia to prevent the draft. a talented searching advisor, he finally collected a fortune through smuggling marijuana around the border among Canada and Idaho. because the years handed, Richard went immediately and back to the States after the U.S. govt granted amnesty to draft dodgers. He parlayed his wealth into an empire and built a distant inn within which he lives. He additionally created T’Rain, a multibillion-dollar, hugely multiplayer on-line role-playing online game with thousands of enthusiasts round the world.
But T’Rain’s good fortune has additionally made it a objective. Hackers have struck gold via unleashing REAMDE, a deadly disease that encrypts all of a player’s digital records and holds them for ransom. they've got additionally unwittingly prompted a dangerous conflict past the bounds of the game’s digital universe—and Richard is at flooring zero.
Racing all over the world from the Pacific Northwest to China to the wilds of northern Idaho and issues in among, Reamde is a swift-paced mystery that traverses worlds digital and genuine. choked with unforeseen twists and turns during which unforgettable villains and not likely heroes face off in a conflict for survival, it's a remarkable refraction of the twenty-first century, from the worldwide struggle on terror to social media, machine hackers to mobsters, marketers to spiritual fundamentalists. in particular, Reamde is a captivating human story—an exciting and epic page-turner from the intense Neal Stephenson.
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We almost ran them down on the way in. Though we were fairly barrelling through the tunnels at the time. ’ Kadijk sensed Mallaby was flicking back mentally through the events. ‘They took us immediately to the Aykers corpse, and brought us on through to this area. Which was the point we made contact with you. ’ ‘The boys have found Osram. Apparently, the corpse looks worse than the two we found in here, sir. ’ he said. ’ ‘Then let’s pack up and ship out. ’ Once she had saluted and moved off, he pulled out his personal communicator.
If we are unfortunate enough to encounter this animal,’ the Doctor said, ‘we may be able to distract or frighten it with these matches. ’ At this point he produced a second lit match and presented it to her with a flourish. ’ She accepted the match from him, and was surprised to feel it was cylindrical and smooth between her thumb and forefinger. Then the Doctor took her other hand, steering her carefully over the corpse. He was pointing his torch back down the tunnel so that it did not illuminate the remains.
She said he was just upset because he’d forgotten about her, and someone else had seen her home. John had slunk off during the row. She told herself later that she hated boys who smoked. She told Melissa and Shobu in Year 9 that John was a rotten kisser. She also thought about how her mum held her hand in Regent Street when they went shopping for party clothes when she was thirteen – thirteen, for heaven’s sake – her grip firm and possessive as she steered her daughter through the traffic. Sam snuggled up to the velvet of the Doctor’s coat on her own shoulders.