The Quantum Thief (Jean Le Flambeur, #1)

by Hannu Rajaniemi

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The Quantum Thief is a dazzling hard SF novel set in the solar system of the far future - a heist novel peopled by bizarre post-humans but powered by very human motives of betrayal, revenge and jealousy. It is a stunning debut.

Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist and trickster. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy - from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to steal their thoughts, to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of the Moving Cities of Mars.

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  • ISBN10 1410439704
  • ISBN13 9781410439703
  • Publish Date 1 November 2011 (first published 30 September 2010)
  • Publish Status Withdrawn
  • Out of Print 4 August 2016
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Thorndike Press
  • Edition Large type / large print edition
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 467
  • Language English
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