The Tor.com eBook Club Selection for May 2018 is...
The Quantum Thief
(Jean le Flambeur #1)
by Hannu Rajaniemi!
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For readers who love Star Wars, heists, Charles Stross, and never knowing what the ^%#& is going to happen next.
Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, con artist, and trickster. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy—from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of Mars.
Now he's confined inside the Dilemma Prison, where every day he has to get up and kill himself before his other self can kill him.
The Quantum Thief is a crazy joyride through the solar system several centuries hence, a world of marching cities, ubiquitous public-key encryption, people communicating by sharing memories, and a race of hyper-advanced humans who originated as MMORPG guild members. But for all its wonders, it is also a story powered by very human motives of betrayal, revenge, and jealousy.
Introduce yourself to Hannu Rajaniemi before the author KILLS DEATH ITSELF in SUMMERLAND, arriving June 26th!
Download before 11:59 PM ET, May 18th, 2018
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