Near future. Book 2 of trilogy: Neuromancer , Count Zero , Mona Lisa Overdrive . Gibson's 2nd self-contained novel takes place in the same future as Neuromancer . There are plans to film this book as The Zen Differential .
"When the Angels pulled Count Zero out of the matrix there wasn't much left of him. The centipede did a good job on his face though -- and now Two-a-Day was going to let him in on the really big stuff...
"Turner woke up in a new body with a beautiful woman beside him. They let him recuperate for a while in Mexico, then Hosaka reactivated his memory for the most dangerous mission of all: to make Mitchell defect from Maas Biolabs...
"It seemed that the rich had long ceased to be recognisably human. Like Virek, whose body was suspended in a vat somewhere while his hologram told Marly that he wanted her to find some Art Works for him. And that she was on the payroll for life...
"In the matrix of cyberspace -- where zaibatsus fought it out for world domination and the computer jocks risked their minds scuffling for fat crumbs -- the lives of three human beings were inextricably scrambled." [jacket blurb, UK pbk, 1987]
"Enter a world where daring keyboard cowboys break into systems brain-first for mega-heists, and brilliant aristocrats need an army of high-tech mercs to make a career move." [promo]
"Rich and evocative detail. Even better than Neuromancer . Hardcore cyberpunk." --Henry W.Targowski (in Mark/Space , 1995).
Highly recommended.
