A diamond-hard, visionary new SF thriller. Nailed-down cyberpunk ala William Gibson for the 21st century meets the vivid dark futures of Al Reynolds in this extraordinary debut novel.

With Earth abandoned, humanity resides on Station, an industrialised asteroid run by the sentient corporations of the PantheonUnder their leadership a war has been raging against the Totality - ex-Pantheon AIs gone rogue.

With the war over, Jack Forster and his sidekick Hugo Fist, a virtual ventriloquist''s dummy tied to Jack''s mind and created to destroy the Totality, have returned home
Labelled a traitor for surrendering to the Totality, all Jack wants is to clear his name but when he discovers two old friends have died under suspicious circumstances he also wants answers. Soon he and Fist are embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens not only their future but all of humanity''sBut with Fist''s software licence about to expire, taking Jack''s life with it, can they bring down the real traitors before their time runs out?

Format Häftad Omfång 384 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Orion Publishing Co Utgivningsdatum 2016-05-12 ISBN 9781473203419