NEW YORK TIMES bestseller • 2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California.
The millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary shades. What you can see through these high-tech specs can make you rich - or get you killed. Now Berry and Chevette are on the run, zeroing in on the digitalized heart of DatAmerica, where pure information is the greatest high. And a mind can be a terrible thing to crash… .
Praise for Virtual Light
Both exhilarating and terrifying… Although considered the master of ‘cyberpunk’ science fiction, William Gibson is also one fine suspense writer.
- People
A stunner… A terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination.
- Entertainment Weekly
Convincing… frightening… Virtual Light is written with a sense of craft, a sense of humor and a sense of the ultimate seriousness of the problems it explores.
- Chicago Tribune
In the emerging pop culture of the information age, Gibson is the brightest star.
- The San Diego Union-Tribune