Metrophage by Richard Kadrey

Harper Voyager. Paperback. New. Paperback. 320 pages. Dimensions: 7.1in. x 5.0in. x 0.7in.New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadreys first novelthe cult classic dystopian cyberpunk talenow back in print after twenty years in a special signed, collectible edition. Welcome to the near future: Los Angeles in the late 21st centurya segregated city of haves and have nots, where morality is dead and 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, and their own despair to survive. Jonny was born into this Hobbesian paradise. A street-wise hustler who deals drugs on the black marketnarcotics that heal the body and cool the mindhe looks out for nobody but himself. Until a terrifying plague sweeps through L. A. , wreaking death and panic. And 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 cureif there is one. The book will include a Q and A with Cory Doctorow. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN.