Virtual Light - (Bridge Trilogy) by William Gibson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The New York Times bestselling "cyber-mystery thriller" by the visionary creator of Mona Lisa Overdrive. In 2005 in the states of Northern and Southern California, an ex-cop agrees to track down a young thief who has stolen a valuable technological prototype--for which a mysterious corporation will pay any price or break any law to get back.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> bestseller </b>- <b>2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California</b>. <p/>The millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich--or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash. . . . <p/><b>Praise for <i>Virtual Light</i></b> <p/>"Both exhilarating and terrifying . . . Although considered the master of 'cyberpunk' science fiction, William Gibson is also one fine suspense writer."<b>--<i>People</i></b> <p/>"A stunner . . . A terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination."<b>--<i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b> <p/>"Convincing . . . frightening . . . <i>Virtual Light</i> is written with a sense of craft, a sense of humor and a sense of the ultimate seriousness of the problems it explores."<b>--<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b> <p/>"In the emerging pop culture of the information age, Gibson is the brightest star."<b>--<i>The San Diego Union-Tribune</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Both exhilarating and terrifying . . . Although considered the master of 'cyberpunk' science fiction, William Gibson is also one fine suspense writer."<b>--<i>People</i></b> <p/>"A stunner . . . A terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination."<b>--<i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b> <p/>"Convincing . . . frightening . . . <i>Virtual Light</i> is written with a sense of craft, a sense of humor and a sense of the ultimate seriousness of the problems it explores."<b>--<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b> <p/>"In the emerging pop culture of the information age, Gibson is the brightest star."<b>--<i>The San Diego Union-Tribune</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>William Gibson</b> is credited with having coined the term cyberspace and having envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed. He is the author of <i>Neuromancer</i>, <i>Count Zero</i>, <i>Mona Lisa Overdrive</i>, <i>Burning Chrome</i>, <i>Virtual Light</i>, <i>Idoru</i>, <i>All Tomorrow's Parties</i>, <i>Pattern Recognition</i>, <i>Spook Country</i>, <i>Zero History</i>, <i>Distrust That Particular Flavor</i>, and <i>The Peripheral</i>. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his wife.
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