A Matter of Time (Virtual Trilogy) - Softcover

Joyce S J, Dr John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955763711 ISBN 13: 9780955763717

Publisher: Sprindrift Press, 2008

Synopsis

"A Matter of Time" is the second thriller in John Joyce's "Virtual Trilogy" featuring the quest of billionaire computer genius Theo Gilkrensky to save his wife Maria from murder by warping the fabric of time. Aided by the intelligent interface of his revolutionary Minerva 3000 computer, which he has created in Maria's likeness, Theo is pursued by seductive Japanese assassin Yukiko Funakoshi to Florida. Here his investigations unearth the truth behind the legendary "Bermuda Triangle" and bring him into direct conflict with Gerry Gibb, a powerful computer games designer who lusts after Theo's 'virtual Maria' for sick fantasies of his own in cyberspace. The 'Virtual Trilogy' concludes with "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", which will be published by Spindrift Press, Dublin on November 15th 2008.

About this title

From the Publisher:

In A Matter of Time John Joyce takes the reader to exotic and mysterious locations all over the world, from the corporate boardrooms of London, San Francisco and Tokyo to the Pyramids of Egypt and the Bermuda Triangle in his hero's quest to turn back the fabric of time.

Standing in Gilkrensky's way are Jerry Gibb, a perverted computer-games king who lusts after the "virtual Maria" in Theo's Minerva for his own sick fantasies, and the deadly Yukiko Funakoshi - a beautiful Japanese assassin who will use every weapon at her disposal to make Theo pay for the death of her parents.

From the Author:

The ethics of the InterNet, artificial intelligence and computer guided weapons, as well as the dangers of computer hacking and increasingly violent adult computer games are all issues I've touched on in A Matter of Time.

Set in the high-tech world of computer billionaire Theo Gilkrensky, A Matter of Time is the second volume of the Virtual Trilogy following one man's quest to travel back in time to save his wife from murder.

To help him in his mission, Theo has Minerva - his artificially intelligent laptop computer. Programmed by Theo in his loneliness to think and act like his late wife Maria, Minerva becomes a major character in the books - a defiantly independent electronic Tinkerbell - coming to terms with its own emotions and the world in which it finds itself.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sprindrift Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0955763711
• ISBN 13: 9780955763717
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364