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series2 books2016

Tense in tone, about political intrigue and murder investigation, set in north america.

“After the Collapse of 2028, a vast section of LA, the Disincorporated Zone, was disowned by the civil authorities, and became essentially a third world country within the borders of the city.”
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Lock InSeries

series3 books2014

Police procedural, tense in tone, about murder investigation, set in north america.

“John Scalzi's series follows a rookie FBI agent investigating crimes that exploit this new class of disability and technology, across the novels Lock In and Head On plus the interstitial oral history Unlocked.”
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Bridge TrilogySeries

series4 books1990

Cyberpunk, set in north america.

“Set in a near-future California, the novel takes place after an earthquake has damaged the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and turned it into an improvised settlement known as the Bridge.”
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Start with Virtual Light →

PastworldNovel

Ian Beckstandalone novel2009

About virtual reality and identity, set in british isles.

“What if all of London were really an amusement park—a whole city returned to Victorian times to entertain visitors from the twenty-first century?”
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Greg MandelSeries

series5 books1993

Tense in tone, about psychic powers, set in british isles.

“Greg Mandel is a former special-forces soldier with a psychic 'gland' implant for reading emotions, working as a private investigator in a near-future Britain recovering from an authoritarian climate-crisis government.”
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Halting StateSeries

series2 books2007

Cyberpunk, tense in tone, about artificial intelligence and surveillance.

“The plot centres on a bank robbery in a virtual world.”
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Start with Halting State →

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