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The second instalment in the monumental BOMB LIGHT series – a gripping tale set on the eve of World War II, as nations race to find and control an elusive substance critical to building atomic weapons.

Praise for POLOSTAN, Book 1 in the BOMB LIGHT series:

'A writer of exuberant prose who revels in embracing big ideas' NEW YORK TIMES

'Enthralling… drops readers into a bloody, inspiring, conflict-ridden, and pivotal period… a vivid and canny dissection of a century unlike any other' WASHINGTON POST

'Stephenson is a towering talent whose discursive writing style meshes smoothly with the complexity of this plot and its characters' LIBRARY JOURNAL

'Paints an engrossing picture of the United States during the Great Depression, the Soviet Union in its tumultuous and violent early years, and the looming threat of the technological advancements that will soon lead to the atomic bomb and the space race… a deeply immersive historical epic' KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)

Neal Stephenson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Termination Shock, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell , The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (with Nicole Galland), Seveneves , Reamde , Anathem , The System of the World , The Confusion , Quicksilver , Cryptonomicon , The Diamond Age , Snow Crash , Zodiac , and the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning… Was the Command Line . He lives in Seattle, Washington.