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Halting State
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Halting State: Book 1

Halting State (2007) (edit title/settings)

by Charles Stross (Author) (edit contributors)

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In the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. A daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates, a dot-com startup company that's just been floated on the London stock exchange. The suspects are a band of marauding orcs, with a... read more

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In the year 2018, a daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates. The suspects are a band of marauding orcs, with a dragon in tow for fire support, and the bank is located within the virtual reality land of Avalon Four. But Sergeant Sue Smith discovers that this virtual world... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

In the year 2018, a daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates. The suspects are a band of marauding orcs, with a dragon in tow for fire support, and the bank is located within the virtual reality land of Avalon Four. But Sergeant Sue Smith discovers that this virtual world robbery may be linked to some real world devastation.

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Prologue: We Know Where You Live, We Know Where Your Dog Goes to School
Sue: Grand Theft Auto
Elaine: Stitch-Up
Jack: Steaming
Interlude: CIA World Factbook, 2017
Sue: Earning Overtime
Elaine: Death or Coffee
Jack: Revenge of the Mummy Lobe
Sue: Wayne's World
Elaine: A Catastrophic Loss of Goodwill
Jack: mouth→insert(foot)
Sue: Gaining Access
Elaine: Being Constructive
Jack: In Hell
Sue: Victim Liasion
Elaine: Stitched Up
Jack: Designs on Your Dungeon
Sue: Chop Shop
Elaine: Game of Spooks
Jack: Meat Machine
Sue: Heavy Mob
Elaine: Alone in the Mob
Jack: This Is Not a Game
Sue: Pigs in a China Shop
Elaine: System Fails, People Die
Jack: The Anti-nutcase EULA
Sue: Cover-up
Elaine: Shanghaied
Jack: Sex Offender
Sue: Missing in Action
Elaine: Morning After
Jack: Body of Evidence
Sue: Civil Contingencies
Elaine: Gentlemen and Players
Jack: Schrödinger's Girl
Sue: Making Plans for Nigel
Elaine: Zombie Mush
Jack: In the Box
Sue: Plea Bargain
Epilogue: Banker Martin Mase

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This is book 1 of 2 in Halting State. (standard series)

Followed by Rule 34.

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  1. Charles Stross (Author)

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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0-441-01498-9
Page Count: 368

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