A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him, for a mission more dangerous than the one he's recovering from: to get a defecting chief of R&D--and the biochip he's perfected--out intact. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties--some of whom aren't remotely human...

General Information

ISBN : 9780441013678
Publisher : Ace Books
Imprint : Ace Books
Weight (g) : 0.272
Publication date : 06 March 2006
Produced in : United States
Product Type : books

Other Specifications

Author : WILLIAM GIBSON
Bind : Paperback / softback
Dewey classification : 813.54
Pages : 308

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Reviews

"Potent and heady." --Philadelphia Daily News

"An intriguing cast of characters and a tough, glitzy image of computer consciousness and the future of mankind." --Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Count Zero shares with Neuromancer that novel's stunning use of language, breakneck pacing, technological innovation, and gritty brand-name realism." --Fantasy Review

"William Gibson's prose, astonishing in its clarity and skill, becomes high-tech electric poetry." --Bruce Sterling

"Suspense, action...a lively story...a sophisticated version of the sentient computer, a long way from the old models that were simply out to Rule the World." --Locus