The Extremes

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Extremes
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Christopher Priest
SeriesGollancz S.F.
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 127
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9780575075788
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Gollancz
Publication Date 8 September 2005
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

British-born Teresa Simons returns to England after the death of her husband, an FBI agent, who was killed by an out-of-control gunman while on assignment in Texas. A shocking coincidence has drawn her to the run-down south coast town of Bulverton, where a gunman's massacre has haunting similarities to the murders in Texas. Desperate to unravel the mystery, Teresa turns to the virtual reality world of Extreme Experience, ExEx, now commercially available since she trained on it in the US. The best and worst of human experience can be found in ExEx, and in the extremes of violence Teresa finds that past and present combine ...

Author Biography

Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel The Prestige is unique in winning both a major literary prize (the James Tait Black Award) and a major genre prize (The World Fantasy Award). He was selected for the original Best of Young British Novelists in 1983. He lives with his wife, the writer Leigh Kennedy, and their children in Hastings.