Virtual Light

Chevette rides as a courier, banging her paper laminate-framed bike through the streets of a future Frisco - she lives for it. On an impulse, she's risked everything; stolen a pair of sunglasses from some jerk. No ordinary shades, either: loaded with super-sensitive data, they could decide the destiny of the entire city.

An American Ballard, using the tropes of science fiction to satirical and productively alienating effect

One of the first authentic and vital novels of the 21st century

A major novelist who seems to be hitting his peak

William Gibson is credited with having coined the term "cyberspace" and having envisioned both the Internet and virtual reality before either existed. His first novel Neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide, and Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive completed the trilogy. He has written six further novels about the strange contemporary world we inhabit. His most recent novels include Spook Country , Zero History and The Peripheral. His non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavour , compiles assorted writings and journalism from across his career .