num_pages: 396
description: Laura Webster's on the fast track to success. A bright young star in a multinational conglomerate, she's living well in a post-millennial age of peace, prosperity, and profit.In an age of advanced technology, information is the world's most precious commodity. Information is power. Data is locked in computers and carefully rationed through a global communications network. Full access is a privilege held by few.Now, Laura Webster is about to be plunged into a netherworld of black-market data pirates, new-age mercenaries, high-tech voodoo... and murder.
language: English
title: Islands in the Net
titlecomplete: Islands in the Net
genres: Speculative Fiction, Collections, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Thriller, 20th Century, Fiction, Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Politics
ratings_count: 5098
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel
publisher: Berkley Publishing Group