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San Francisco, 2017.

In an alternate time track, Hillary Clinton won the election and Donald Trump's political ambitions were thwarted.

London, 22nd century. Decades of cataclysmic events have killed 80 per cent of humanity. A shadowy start-up hires a young woman named Verity to test a new product- a 'cross-platform personal avatar' that was developed by the military as a form of artificial intelligence.

Meanwhile, characters in the distant future are using technological time travel to interfere with the election unfolding in 2017 . . .

“Superb . . . frantic with imagination and frantic with the appetite to see what happens next”

Observer on 'The Peripheral' A glorious ride into the future Guardian on 'The Peripheral' One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working Boston Globe The man who saw the consequences of virtual reality before the technology had even been invented Observer A terrific writer. Gibson is a prophet and a satirist, a black comedian and an astounding architect of cool. He's also responsible for much of the world we live in Spectator To read Gibson is to read the present as if it were the future New York Times No one can ever hope to out-Gibson Gibson... A true original Sunday Times If you're one of those who sees Gibson as a visionary, it's time to be scared - the scenarios he's playing with here don't make for comfort reading SFX magazine Typically visionary, yet plausible and thrilling too I Paper Gibson blurs the line between real and speculative technology in a fast-paced thriller that will affirm to readers that it was well worth the wait Booklist Engaging, thought-provoking and delightful... [Gibson] can always be counted on to show us our contemporary milieu rendered magical by his unique insights, and a future rendered inhabitable by his wild yet disciplined imagination The Washington Post Gibson is a prophet and a satirist, a black comedian and an astounding architect of cool Spectator One of the most visionary, original, and quietly influential writers currently working Boston Globe His eye for the eerie in the everyday still lends events an otherworldly sheen New Yorker Among our most fascinating novelists Daily Telegraph One of our greatest science-fiction writers New York Times A sensual, remarkably visual ride, vigorous with displays of conceptual imagination and humour The Guardian

William Gibson is the award-winning author of books including Neuromancer, Mona Lisa Overdrive, The Difference Engine, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties, Pattern Recognition, Spook Country and The Peripheral. William Gibson lives in Vancouver, Canada.

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