Crux
Nexus Arc Book II
$30.24
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
21 November 2018
Summary
Mass Market re-issue of the Arthur C. Clarke-nominated SF follow-up to imprint-bestselling Nexus.
Finalist for the 2014 Prometheus Award.
Six months have passed since the release of Nexus 5. The world is a different, more dangerous place.
In the United States, the terrorists - or freedom fighters - of the Post-Human Liberation Front use Nexus to turn men and women into human time bombs aimed at the President and his allies. In Washington DC, a government scientist, sec…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857665515 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0857665510 |
| Author: | Ramez Naam |
| Publisher: | Watkins Media Limited |
| Imprint: | Angry Robot |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 21 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Nexus Arc |
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Critics Review
“Potent like Naam’s vividly imagined nano-drug Nexus,
A strong, exciting, and intellectually stimulating sequel.
–David Pitt, Booklist
Praise for the Nexus series:
“Good. Scary good.”
- Wired
“Provocative… A double-edged vision of the post-human.”
- The Wall Street Journal
“A lightning bolt of a novel, with a sense of awe missing from a lot of current fiction.”
- Ars Technica
“Starred Review. Naam turns in a stellar performance in his debut SF novel… What matters here is the remarkable scope and narrative power of the story.”
- Booklist
“A superbly plotted high-tension technothriller … full of delicious, thoughtful moral ambiguity … a hell of a read.”
- Cory Doctorow
“A gripping piece of near future speculation… all the grit and pace of the Bourne films.”
- Alastair Reynolds, author of Revelation Space
“A sharp, chilling look at our likely future.”
- Charles Stross, author of Singularity Sky and Halting State
“The most brilliant hard SF thriller I’ve read in years. Reminds me of Michael Crichton at his best.”
- Brenda Cooper, author of The Creative Fire
“A rich cast of characters…the action scenes are crisp, the glimpses of future tech and culture are mesmerizing.”
- Publishers Weekly
Ramez Naam
Ramez Naam is a professional technologist who was involved in the development of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook. He holds a seat on the advisory board of the Institute for Accelerating Change, is a member of the World Future Society, a Senior Associate of the Foresight Institute, and a fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.
His non-fiction book More Than Human won the H.G. Wells Award. His novels have been nominated for the Kitschie Award for Best Debut, the Prometheus Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He is a 2014 nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
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