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Zusatztext A quantum caper thriller... formidable. Informationen zum Autor Hannu Rajaniemi was born in Finland. At the age of eight he approached the European Space Agency with a fusion-powered spaceship design! which was received with a polite "thank you" note. Hannu studied mathematics and theoretical physics at University of Oulu and Cambridge and holds a PhD in string theory from the University of Edinburgh. He co-founded a mathematics consultancy whose clients included UK Ministry of Defence and the European Space Agency. Hannu is the author of four novels including The Quantum Thief ( winner of 2012 Tähtivaeltaja Award for the best science fiction novel published in Finland and translated into more than 20 languages). His most recent book is Summerland (June 2018)! an alternate history spy thriller in a world where the afterlife is real. His other works include Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction ! a short story collection. Hannu lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a co-founder and CEO of HelixNano! a venture- and Y Combinator backed biotech startup. Klappentext On the day the Hunter comes for me! I am killing ghost cats from the Schrödinger Box. On the edges of physical space a thief! helped by a sardonic ship! is trying to break into a Schrodinger box. He is doing the job for his patron! and owner of the ship! Mieli. In the box is his freedom. Or not. The box is protected by codes that twist logic and sanity. And the ship is under attack. The thief is nearly dead! the ship is being eaten alive. Jean de Flambeur is running out of time. All of him. And on earth! two sisters in a city of fast ones! shadow players and jinni contemplate a revolution. There are many more stories than can be told even in a thousand nights and one night! but these two stories will twist! and combine. And reality will spiral. In Hannu Rajaniemi's sparkling follow-up to the critically acclaimed! international sensation THE QUANTUM THIEF! he returns to his awe-inspiring vision of the universe and we find out what the future held for Earth. Reviews for Hannu Rajaniemi's The Quantum Thief 'Inventive! exotic! densely plotted and compelling' The Times The SF debut of the year! no contest' SFX 'A brilliant debut' Guardian 'Hard to admit! but I think he's better at this stuff than I am' Charlie Stross Sensational SF from a new global star in the genre. Zusammenfassung Jean le Flambeur is out of prison! but still not free. To pay his debts he has to break into the mind of a living god. But when the stakes are revealed! Jean has to decide how far he is willing to go to get the job done. The sequel to Hannu Rajaniemi's extraordinary debut novel is set to build on the extravagant promise of one of the most exciting new voices to come out of the genre this century. ...
