Neal Stephenson: Reamde (2012, HarperCollins Publishers)
1056 pages
English language
Published Nov. 10, 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers.
Reamde is a speculative fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 2011. The story, set in the present day, centers on the plight of a hostage and the ensuing efforts of family and new acquaintances, many of them associated with a fictional MMORPG, to rescue her as her various captors drag her about the globe. Topics covered range from online activities including gold farming and social networking to the criminal methods of the Russian Mafia and Islamic terrorists. ([Source][1])
Loved this. Couldn't put it down from start to finish. There were enough plot twists to make it surprising, even to me. Lol.
Phew -- this one took me a while. I love Neal Stephenson's classics -- Diamond Age, Snow Crash -- but this book is nothing like those. It's more like a tech-literate adventure novel. Lots of flying around different countries, flying under the radar, and flying around in-game.
I finally figured it out - Stephenson is basically Tom Clancy as written by William Gibson.
