{"product_id":"zero-history-isbn-9780425240779","title":"Zero History","description":"\u003cb\u003eHollis Henry never intended to work for global marketing magnate Hubertus Bigend again. But now she’s broke, and Bigend has just the thing to get her back in the game...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Milgrim can disappear in almost any setting, and his Russian is perfectly idiomatic—so much so that he spoke it with his therapist in the secret Swiss clinic where Bigend paid for him to be cured of his addiction...\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Garreth doesn't owe Bigend a thing. But he does have friends from whom he can call in the kinds of favors powerful people need when things go sideways...\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eThey all have something Bigend wants as he finds himself outmaneuvered and adrift, after a Department of Defense contract for combat-wear turns out to be the gateway drug for arms dealers so shadowy they can out-Bigend Bigend himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eZero History\u003c\/i\u003e is [Gibson’s] best yet, a triumph of science fiction as social criticism and adventure.”—BoingBoing.net\u003c\/b\u003e“[Gibson] weaves an unnerving tapestry of technology, violence and anxiety.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Uncanny.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Antonio Express-News\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Brilliant, entertaining, and bittersweet.”—io9 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eZero History\u003c\/i\u003e is another smartly scouted roadmap of alternate routes through today’s global culture, as powered by what a friend of mine used to call the military-industrial-greeting-card complex. It’s a world where cool is king, but also the key to power—and the future.”—\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Sentinel Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“What matters [about \u003ci\u003eZero History\u003c\/i\u003e] are the highly textured, brilliantly evocative prose and the stunning insights Gibson offers into what we perceive as the present moment—the implication being, per the title, that’s all we have left. Unsettling and memorable.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e’s first novel, \u003ci\u003eNeuromancer\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the Philip K. Dick Award. He is also the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCount Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBurning Chrome\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMona Lisa Overdrive\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVirtual Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIdoru\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAll Tomorrow’s Parties\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePattern Recognition\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpook Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZero History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDistrust That Particular Flavor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Peripheral\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his wife.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304582369509,"sku":"NP9780425240779","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425240779.jpg?v=1767744881","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/zero-history-isbn-9780425240779","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}