One man – visionary billionaire restaurant chain magnate T. And as the new Guild Boss, his word is law, even in the lawlessness of Illusion Town.įrom Neal Stephenson - who coined the term "metaverse" in his 1992 novel Snow Crash - comes a sweeping, prescient new thriller that transports readers to a near-future world in which the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics. He's determined to help clear her reputation, no matter what it takes. Despite her wariness, Gabriel is also the one person who believes Lucy-after all, he was there. But a killer is still hunting her, and there aren't a lot of options when it comes to heroes. This Lucy is sharp, angry, and more than a little cynical-instead of awe, she treats him with extreme caution. The Lucy that Gabriel finds is not the same woman he rescued, the one who looked at him as if he were her hero. The last thing she expects is for Gabriel Jones to come back to town for her. Soon her life unravels until she has nothing left but her pride. With no rational reason for her abduction, and her sole witness gone on another assignment for the Guild, whispers start circulating that Lucy made it all up. Gabriel Jones is the Ghost Hunter sent to rescue her, but escaping the underground ruins isn't the end of her troubles-it's only the beginning. She's been surviving on determination and cold pizza, scavenged for her by a special dust bunny, when help finally shows up. Kidnapped and drugged as she leaves the party, she manages to escape-only to find herself lost in the mysterious, alien underground maze of glowing green tunnels beneath Illusion Town. But it's the after-party that turns disastrous for Lucy Bell. Case in point-weddings are still the highlight of any social calendar. Living in this new, alien world doesn't stop the settlers from trying to re-create what they've left behind. Welcome to Illusion Town on the colony world of Harmony-like Las Vegas on Earth, but way more weird.
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