Halting state
By: Charles Stross.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780441014989
Subjects: Bank robberies -- Fiction; Virtual reality -- Fiction; Computer games -- Fiction; Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In the year 2018, a daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates. The suspects are a band of marauding orcs, with a dragon in tow for fire support, and the bank is located within the virtual reality land of Avalon Four. But Sergeant Sue Smith discovers that this virtual world robbery may be linked to some real world devastation.