From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of TERMINATION SHOCK, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy: an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.
Praise for Neal Stephenson:
'He makes reading so much fun it feels like a deadly sin' New York Times
‘Stephenson’s reputation as a sci-fi titan is deserved’ Sunday Times
‘Ingenious and sometimes prophetic’ Telegraph
'[A] speculative-fiction virtuoso' Booklist
'Stephenson excels in marrying geek-speak with riotous action' Guardian
Neal Stephenson is the author of Termination Shock, Seveneves, Reamde, Anathem; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World); Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Zodiac and the iconic Snow Crash, named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels. He lives in Seattle, Washington.