Superb ... frantic with imagination and frantic with the appetite to see what happens next -- Ned Beauman Observer What a glorious ride! Like the woman said: brain 'splode -- Sam Leith Guardian This is a mesmerizing, captivating, haunting book - a wonderful addition to a brilliant oeuvre -- Harry Ritchie Sunday Times Spectacular, a piece of trenchant, far-future speculation that features all the eyeball kicks of Neuromancer and all the maturity and sly wit of Spook Country. It's brilliant -- Cory Doctorow A swirlingly philosophical quantum daydream of drones and bodyswapping Daily Telegraph Books of the Year When it comes to speculative fiction that reveals how we live by creating a not too unimaginable alternative reality, William Gibson is the don Esquire

William Gibson's first novel Neuromancer sold more than six million copies worldwide. Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive completed his first trilogy. He has since written six further novels, moving gradually away from science fiction and futuristic work, instead writing about the strange contemporary world we inhabit. His most recent novels include Pattern Recognition, Spook Country and Zero History, his non-fiction collection, Distrust That Particular Flavor, compiles assorted writings and journalism from across his career.