Virtual Light

A stunner . . . a terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination Entertainment Weekly San Francisco, the nearish future: Ex-cop Berry Rydells lost one job he didnt much like and landed another he likes even less. Some sunglasses - actually high-end kit involving Virtual Reality and super-sensitive data - were stolen from a courier, and a man named Warbabys been charged with retrieving them. Warbaby needs a driver and Rydell is the perfect fit. But when the courier is killed and Warbaby gets to work - giving Rydell a taste of whats expected and exactly whats at stake - he has second thoughts. Especially when he comes face to face with Chevette, stealer of sunglasses, wholl land an ex-cop in a heap of trouble . . . Studded with crackling insights into the relationship between technology, culture and morality, Virtual Light doesnt miss its stride for a nanosecond Time Out Convincing, frightening, written with a sense of craft, a sense of humour and a sense of the ultimate seriousness of the problems it explores Chicago Tribune