The Quantum Thief: The epic hard SF heist thriller for fans of THE MATRIX and NEUROMANCER

Hannu Rajaniemi

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Fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Science fiction

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Gollancz
- Paperback Jan 10, 2012 | 9780575088894 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Nov 29, 2011 | 9781409143796 | RRP $46.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 30, 2010 | 9780575088900 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Gollancz
- Paperback Jan 10, 2012 | 9780575088894 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Nov 29, 2011 | 9781409143796 | RRP $46.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 30, 2010 | 9780575088900 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Jan 10, 2012 | 9780575088894 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Nov 29, 2011 | 9781409143796 | RRP $46.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 30, 2010 | 9780575088900 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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The most exciting SF debut of the last five years - a star to stand alongside Alastair Reynolds and Richard Morgan.

Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist and trickster. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy - from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to steal their thoughts, to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of the Moving Cities of Mars.

Except that Jean made one mistake. Now he is condemned to play endless variations of a game-theoretic riddle in the vast virtual jail of the Axelrod Archons - the Dilemma Prison - against countless copies of himself. Jean's routine of death, defection and cooperation is upset by the arrival of Mieli and her spidership, Perhonen. She offers him a chance to win back his freedom and the powers of his old self - in exchange for finishing the one heist he never quite managed...

Hannu Rajaniemi

Hannu Rajaniemi was born in Finland. At the age of eight he approached the European Space Agency with a fusion-powered spaceship design, which was received with a polite "thank you" note. Hannu studied mathematics and theoretical physics at University of Oulu and Cambridge and holds a PhD in string theory from the University of Edinburgh. He co-founded a mathematics consultancy whose clients included UK Ministry of Defence and the European Space Agency.

Hannu is the author of four novels including The Quantum Thief (winner of 2012 TA htivaeltaja Award for the best science fiction novel published in Finland and translated into more than 20 languages). His most recent book is Summerland (June 2018), an alternate history spy thriller in a world where the afterlife is real. His other works include Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction, a short story collection.

Hannu lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a co-founder and CEO of HelixNano, a venture- and Y Combinator backed biotech startup.