Spin State

#1 Spin

Chris Moriarty

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Bantam
15 December 2004

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Science fiction; Colonisation; Space Ships

Series: The Spin Trilogy

"From a stunning new voice in hard science fiction comes the thrilling story of one

woman's quest to wrest truth from chaos, love from violence, and reality from illusion

in a post-human universe of emergent AIs, genetic constructs, and illegal wetware. . . .

UN Peacekeeper Major Catherine Li has made thirty-seven faster-than-light

jumps in her lifetime-and has probably forgotten more than most people remember.

But that's what backup hard drives are for. And Li should know; she's been hacking

her memory for fifteen years in order to pass as human.

But no memory upgrade can

prepare Li for what she finds on Compson's World- a mining colony she once called

home and to which she is sent after a botched raid puts her on the bad side of the

powers that be. A dead physicist who just happens to be her cloned twin. A missing

dataset that could change the interstellar balance of power and turn a cold war hot.

And a mining ""accident"" that is starting to look more and more like murder. . . .

Suddenly

Li is chasing a killer in an alien world miles underground where everyone has a secret.

And one wrong turn in streamspace, one misstep in the dark alleys of blackmarket

tech and interstellar espionage, one risky hookup with an AI could literally blow

her mind."

By: Chris Moriarty
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 175mm, Width: 105mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9780553586244
ISBN 10: 0553586246
Series: The Spin Trilogy
Pages: 640
Publication Date: 15 December 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Spin State (#1 Spin)

Vivid, sexy, and sharply written...a nonstop, white-knuckle tour of quantum physics, artificial intelligence, and the human heart. -- Nicola Griffith <br> A spiky, detailed, convincing, compelling page-turner, and the science is good too. Chris Moriarty is a dangerous talent. -- Stephen Baxter <br> Action, mystery and drama, set against some of the most plausible speculative physics I've seen. -- David Brin <br> Highly atmospheric ... a hefty far-future exploration of AI, human cloning, class conflict and plain old-fashioned murder. -- Publishers Weekly <p>