
New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey's first novel-the cult classic dystopian cyberpunk tale-now back in print after twenty years in a special signed collectible edition Welcome to the near future Los Angeles in the late 21st century-a segregated city of haves & have nots where morality is dead & technology rules Here a small group of wealthy seclude themselves in gilded cages Beyond their high security compounds far from their pretty comforts lies a lawless wasteland where the angry masses battle hunger rampant disease & their own despair to survive Jonny was born into this Hobbesian paradise A street-wise hustler who deals drugs on the black market-narcotics that heal the body & cool the mind-he looks out for nobody but himself Until a terrifying plague sweeps through LA wreaking death & panic & no one not even a clever operator like Jonny is safe His own life hanging in the balance Jonny must risk everything to find the cure-if there is one The book will include a Q & A with Cory Doctorow