The Quantum Thief (Jean Le Flambeur, #1)

by Hannu Rajaniemi

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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. Except that Jean made one mistake. Now he is condemned to play endless variations of a game-theoretic riddle in the vast virtual jail of the Axelrod Archons - the Dilemma Prison - against countless copies of himself. Jean's routine of death, defection and...Read more
  • ISBN10 0575088877
  • ISBN13 9780575088870
  • Publish Date 30 September 2010
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 29 October 2011
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Gollancz
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 336
  • Language English