Metrophage: A Novel

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New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadreys first novelthe cult classic dystopian cyberpunk talenow back in print after twenty years in a special signed, collectible edition.

Welcome to the near future: Los Angeles in the late 21st centurya segregated city of haves and have nots, where morality is dead and technology rules. Here, a small group of wealthy seclude themselves in gilded cages. Beyond their high security compounds, far from their pretty comforts, lies a lawless wasteland where the angry masses battle hunger, rampant disease, and their own despair to survive.

Jonny was born into this Hobbesian paradise. A street-wise hustler who deals drugs on the black marketnarcotics that heal the body and cool the mindhe looks out for nobody but himself. Until a terrifying plague sweeps through L.A., wreaking death and panic. And no one, not even a clever operator like Jonny, is safe.

His own life hanging in the balance, Jonny must risk everything to find the cureif there is one.

The book will include a Q & A with Cory Doctorow.

Author Bio

New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey has published ten novels, including Metrophage and most recently, The Everything Box. Butcher Bird was nominated for the Prix Elkaban in France. A freelance writer and photographer, he lives in San Francisco, California.