The Quantum Thief

The Quantum Thief is the story of a heist. However, it's a heist set in a posthuman future, so expect something special. Coming in at 24 of our top 25 hard science fiction books, The Quantum Thief has one of the best descriptions in the start of it's blurb ever - "Jean le Flambeur gets up in the morning and has to kill himself before his other self can kill him first." Now that's awesome, and that's totally not why we've put it in here at all. No, the reason we've put this here? There are a race of advanced humans which began as a MMORPG guild. Let that sink in. This is a book for geeks, by a geek, clearly. Hannu Rejaniemi manages to create a world full of surprising ideas that feel totally realistic, and that's no mean feat. Word of warning though - this is not an author who likes to guide you through. This isn't an author who will even give you a map. This is an author who will abandon you somewhere you've never been then throw things at you until you give in and go along for the ride. But what a ride!