HALTING STATE - uncorrected proof copy

Stross Charles

ISBN 10: 1841496944 / ISBN 13: 9781841496948

Published by Orbit, 2008

About this Item

1st edition. It was called in as a robbery at Hayek Associates, an online game company. So you can imagine Sergeant Sue Smith's mood as she watches the video footage of the heist being carried out by a band of orcs and a dragon.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HALTING STATE - uncorrected proof copy
• Publisher: Orbit
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841496944
• ISBN 13: 9781841496948
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: fine uncorrected proof copy

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Synopsis

It was called in as a robbery at Hayek Associates, an online game company. So you can imagine Sergeant Sue Smith's mood as she watches the video footage of the heist being carried out by a band of orcs and a dragon, and realises that the robbery from an online game company is actually a robbery from an online game. Just wonderful. Like she has nothing better to do. But online entertainment is big business, and when the bodies of real people start to show up, it's clear that this is anything but a game. For Sue, computer coding expert Jack Reed, and forensic accountant Elaine Barnaby, the walls between the actual and the virtual are about to come crashing down. There is something very dangerous and very real going on at Hayek Associates, and those involved are playing for keeps. No cheats, no back doors, no extra lives - make a wrong call on this one and it's game over.

About the Author

Charles Stross is a full-time writer who was born in Leeds, England in 1964. He studied in London and Bradford, gaining degrees in pharmacy and computer science, and has worked in a variety of jobs, including pharmacist, technical author, software engineer, and freelance journalist.