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The peripheral

"In the near future in a broken-down rural America, Flynne Fisher scrapes a living as a gamer for rich players. One night, working a gam eset in a futuristic but puzzlingly empty London, She sees a death that's unnervingly vivid. Soon after she gets word that it isn't a game afterall - the future she saw is all too real, she's the only witness to a murder and someone from the unreal tomorrow now wants her dead." -- provided by publisher

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  • "Where Flynne and her brother, Burton, live, jobs outside the drug business are rare. Fortunately, Burton has his veteran's benefits, for neural damage he suffered from implants during his time in the USMC's elite Haptic Recon force. Then one night Burton asks Flynne to take over a job he's supposed to do. Beta-testing part of a new game, he tells her. Work a perimeter around the image of a tower building; little buglike things turn up, he's supposed to get in their way, edge them back. What she sees, though, isn't what Burton told her to expect. It might be a game, but it might also be murder...."
  • ""In the near future in a broken-down rural America, Flynne Fisher scrapes a living as a gamer for rich players. One night, working a gam eset in a futuristic but puzzlingly empty London, She sees a death that's unnervingly vivid. Soon after she gets word that it isn't a game afterall - the future she saw is all too real, she's the only witness to a murder and someone from the unreal tomorrow now wants her dead." -- provided by publisher"@en
  • ""William Gibson returns with his first novel since 2010's New York Times-bestselling Zero History. Where Flynne and her brother, Burton, live, jobs outside the drug business are rare. Fortunately, Burton has his veteran's benefits, for neural damage he suffered from implants during his time in the USMC's elite Haptic Recon force. Then one night Burton has to go out, but there's a job he's supposed to do-a job Flynne didn't know he had. Beta-testing part of a new game, he tells her. The job seems to be simple: work a perimeter around the image of a tower building. Little buglike things turn up. He's supposed to get in their way, edge them back. That's all there is to it. He's offering Flynne a good price to take over for him. What she sees, though, isn't what Burton told her to expect. It might be a game, but it might also be murder"--"
  • ""William Gibson returns with his first novel since 2010's New York Times-bestselling Zero History. Where Flynne and her brother, Burton, live, jobs outside the drug business are rare. Fortunately, Burton has his veteran's benefits, for neural damage he suffered from implants during his time in the USMC's elite Haptic Recon force. Then one night Burton has to go out, but there's a job he's supposed to do-a job Flynne didn't know he had. Beta-testing part of a new game, he tells her. The job seems to be simple: work a perimeter around the image of a tower building. Little buglike things turn up. He's supposed to get in their way, edge them back. That's all there is to it. He's offering Flynne a good price to take over for him. What she sees, though, isn't what Burton told her to expect. It might be a game, but it might also be murder"--"@en
  • ""New novel from New York Times bestselling author William Gibson"--"
  • ""New novel from New York Times bestselling author William Gibson"--"@en
  • "Where Flynne and her brother, Burton, live, jobs outside the drug business are rare. Fortunately, Burton has his veteran's benefits, for neural damage he suffered from implants during his time in the USMC's elite Haptic Recon force. Then one night Burton has to go out, but there's a job he's supposed to do-a job Flynne didn't know he had. Beta-testing part of a new game, he tells her. The job seems to be simple: work a perimeter around the image of a tower building. Little buglike things turn up. He's supposed to get in their way, edge them back. That's all there is to it. He's offering Flynne a good price to take over for him. What she sees, though, isn't what Burton told her to expect. It might be a game, but it might also be murder."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Roman américain"
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
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  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Science fiction"

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  • "The peripheral"
  • "The peripheral"@en
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