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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM WILLIAM GIBSON, THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NEUROMANCER

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San Francisco, 2017. Clinton’s in the White House, Brexit never happened – and Verity Jane’s got herself a new job.

They call Verity ‘the app-whisperer,’ and she’s just been hired to evaluate a pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant called Eunice…

Only Eunice has other ideas.

Pretty soon, Verity realises that Eunice is smarter than anyone she’s ever met. Which is just as well since suddenly some very bad people are after Verity.

Meanwhile, in a post-apocalyptic London a century from now, PR fixer Wilf Netherton is tasked with interfering in the alternative past in which Verity and Eunice exist. It appears something nasty is about to happen there – and fixing it will require not only Eunice’s unique human-AI skillset but also a little help from the future.

A future that Verity fears may never be . . .

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‘Dazzling, astoundingly inventive’ The Times

‘Wild, richly satisfying’ Guardian

‘Terrific’ Spectator

‘Rattles along with great pace and suspense’ Sunday Times

‘One of our greatest science-fiction writers’ New York Times

‘A sensual, remarkably visual ride’ Guardian

‘Among our most fascinating novelists’ Daily Telegraph

Publisher Review

If you're one of those who sees Gibson as a visionary, it's time to be scared - the scenarios he's playing with here don't make for comfort reading * SFX magazine * Typically visionary, yet plausible and thrilling too * I Paper * Gibson blurs the line between real and speculative technology in a fast-paced thriller that will affirm to readers that it was well worth the wait * Booklist * Engaging, thought-provoking and delightful... [Gibson] can always be counted on to show us our contemporary milieu rendered magical by his unique insights, and a future rendered inhabitable by his wild yet disciplined imagination * The Washington Post * Gibson is a prophet and a satirist, a black comedian and an astounding architect of cool * Spectator * One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working * Boston Globe * His eye for the eerie in the everyday still lends events an otherworldly sheen * New Yorker * Among our most fascinating novelists * Daily Telegraph * One of our greatest science-fiction writers * New York Times * One of the most influential writers around . . . with Gibson's trademark panache, the story rattles along with great pace and suspense * Sunday Times * A sensual, remarkably visual ride, vigorous with displays of conceptual imagination and humour * The Guardian *