num_pages: 390
description: Winner of the 2012 Philip K. Dick AwardSamuil Petrovitch is a survivor.He survived the nuclear fallout in St. Petersburg and hid in the London Metrozone  the last city in England. Hes lived this long because hes a man of rules and logic.For example getting involved  a bad idea.But when he stumbles into a kidnapping in progress he acts without even thinking. Before he can stop himself hes saved the daughter of the most dangerous man in London.And clearly saving the girl  getting involved.Now the equation of Petrovitchs life is looking increasingly complex.Russian mobsters  Yakuza  something called the New Machine Jihad  one dead Petrovitch.But Petrovitch has a plan  he always has a plan  hes just not sure its a good one.
language: English
title: Equations of Life
publisher: Orbit