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Halting state

by Charles Stross

Set in 2018, this novel follows Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary as she investigates a daring robbery at a newly floated dot-com start-up company.

Accession 32127 ISBN 0441014989 Publisher Ace Books, Inc.
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