Reamde A Novel
Reamde A Novel by Neal Stephenson is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins on May 15, 2012, featuring 1,056 pages in English. This epic adventure explores the intersection of real and virtual worlds through the story of Richard Forthrast, a former draft dodger and successful marijuana smuggler who becomes a wealthy creator of T’Rain, a massive multiplayer online role-playing game. The narrative unfolds as a group of hackers unleashes a virus called Reamde, which encrypts players’ files and demands ransom, igniting chaos that extends beyond the digital realm.
Readers will find a complex tale that weaves together elements of fiction, technology, and global conflict. As Forthrast navigates the repercussions of the Reamde virus, the story delves into themes involving Russian mobsters, computer experts, secret agents, and Islamic terrorists, all of whom become entangled in a web of intrigue and danger. This edition offers a substantial exploration of the challenges faced by individuals caught in the crossfire of a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
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From the extraordinary Neal Stephenson comes an epic adventure that spans entire worlds, both real and virtual.
The black sheep of an Iowa farming clan, former draft dodger and successful marijuana smuggler Richard Forthrast amassed a small fortune over the years—and then increased it a thousandfold when he created T’Rain. A massive, multibillion-dollar, multiplayer online role-playing game, T’Rain now has millions of obsessed fans from the U.S. to China. But a small group of ingenious Asian hackers has just unleashed Reamde—a virus that encrypts all of a player’s electronic files and holds them for ransom—which has unwittingly triggered a war that’s creating chaos not only in the virtual universe but in the real one as well. Its repercussions will be felt all around the globe—setting in motion a devastating series of events involving Russian mobsters, computer geeks, secret agents, and Islamic terrorists—with Forthrast standing at ground zero and his loved ones caught in the crossfire.
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