'Brilliant... a delight to read. No one can ever hope to out-Gibson Gibson... A true original' Sunday Times 'Gibson's most accomplished book to date, a futurist hybrid of Fleming and Deighton and Bester' Time Out 'Gibson can spin a gripping yarn. He builds up a great head of steam within the first few pages and doesn't relax until the end' Times Literary Supplement 'A chillingly plausible blueprint of the near-future' Evening Standard

William Gibson was born in 1948. He was raised and educated in 'southern Lovecraftian' Virginia, USA, but moved to Canada soon after leaving school. He now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is married and has two children.