Neal Stephenson, author of bestsellers like
The System Of The World,
Quicksilver, and
Snow Crash, has a new book out called
The Cobweb, which you can get as an e-book
from Fictionwise with a time limited 100%
Micropay rebate.
From the inside flap:
From his triumphant debut with Snow Crash to the stunning success of his latest novel, Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson has quickly become the voice of a generation. In this now-classic political thriller, he and fellow author J. Frederick George tell a savagely witty, chillingly topical tale set in the tense moments of the Gulf War. When a foreign exchange student is found murdered at an Iowa University, Deputy Sheriff Clyde Banks finds that his investigation extends far beyond the small college town—all the way to the Middle East. Shady events at the school reveal that a powerful department is using federal grant money for highly dubious research. And what it's producing is a very nasty bug...