The Peripheral

In a run-down part of America's rural South where jobs are scarce, Flynne and her veteran brother, Burton, make a precarious offering security services in an online game. But in one game, Flynne witnesses what seems to be a murder, and suddenly an awful lot of people start taking an interest in what she's doing. Meanwhile in a depopulated, post-apocalypse London, Wilf has just screwed up on his PR job when an old friend and a fearsome policewoman get him involved in a new situation. They want him to help them bring someone forward from the past, someone who witnessed a crime that could change the whole nature of their world. Why it's on the list: Gibson back writing science fiction has got to be good news, and in this startling story he really is on top form. He makes us work for it, but if you are prepared to pay close attention this really is a tremendous story.