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Name: Virtual light
Rating: 3.821428571428 (28 reviews)
Author: William Gibson

California, only a few decades into the future, sets the scene for William Gibson’s gritty techno‑thriller. Berry, an ex‑police officer turned private security, takes on a case that forces him to protect a young bicycle messenger named Chevette from a murder plot tied to powerful multinational corporations. As reality television blares and the city’s underbelly horrors unfold, Berry’s task is to keep Chevette alive long enough to unravel the mystery and stop a killer in a world where high‑tech and raw survival coexist in dome‑enclosed communities and shanty towns erected on the remnants of an old bridge. The novel blends mystery, corporate intrigue, and a vivid future‑California setting to explore how ordinary people struggle to survive in a harsh, technologically saturated landscape.

First publish date: 1993

Genre: Science Fiction/Cyberpunk

Authors: William Gibson

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