num_pages: 288
description: One man has made it his mission to liberate the mental prisoners. to restore their freedom in a world run mad.Nickie Halflinger, the only person to escape from Tarnover—where they raise hyper-intelligent children to maintain the political dominance of the USA in the 21st century—is on the run, dodging from loophole to crevice to crack in the computerised data-net that binds the continent like chains. After years of flight and constant changes of identity, at the strange small town called Precipice he discovers he is not alone in his quest. But can his new allies save him when he falls again into the sinister grasp of Tarnover...?
language: English
title: The Shockwave Rider
titlecomplete: The Shockwave Rider
characters: Nickie Haflinger
genres: Cyberpunk, Dystopia, Novels, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Collections, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 3987
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Ditmar Award
category: Best International Long Fiction
publisher: Random House Worlds