num_pages: 376
description: It was called in as a robbery at Hayek Associates, an online game company. So you can imagine Sergeant Sue Smith's mood as she watches footage of the heist being carried out by a band of orcs and a dragon, and realises that the robbery from an online game company is actually a robbery from an online game.Just wonderful. Like she has nothing better to do. But when the bodies of actual people start to show up, it's clear that there is something very dangerous and very real going on at Hayek Associates.If this is a game, someone is playing for keeps. No cheats, no back doors, no extra lives.
language: English
title: Halting State
titlecomplete: Halting State (Halting State, #1)
characters: Sue Smith
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Mystery, Cyberpunk, Speculative Fiction, Thriller, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Crime, Near Future
ratings_count: 12060
places: United Kingdom
series: Halting State
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel
publisher: Orbit