The Machinery of Light
by David J. Williams
With The Machinery of Light, David J. Williams
completes his furiously paced, stunningly imagined trilogy - a work of
vision, beauty, and pulse-pounding futuristic action.September
26, 2110. 10:22 GMT. Following the assassination of the American
president, the generals who have seized power initiate World War Three,
launching a surprise attack against the Eurasian Coalition's forces
throughout the Earth-Moon system. Across the orbits, tens of thousands
of particle beams and lasers blast away at one another. The goal: crush
the other side's weaponry, paving the way for nuclear bombardment of the
cities. As inferno becomes Armageddon, the rogue commando unit
Autumn Rain embarks on one last run. Matthew Sinclair, an imprisoned
spymaster, plots his escape. And his former protégé Claire Haskell,
capable of hacking into both nets and minds, is realizing that all her
powers may merely be playing into Sinclair's plans. For even as Claire
evades the soldiers of East and West amid carnage in the lunar tunnels,
the surviving members of the Rain converge upon the Moon, one step ahead
of the Eurasian fleets but one step behind the mastermind who created
Autumn Rain - and his terrible final secret.
completes his furiously paced, stunningly imagined trilogy - a work of
vision, beauty, and pulse-pounding futuristic action.September
26, 2110. 10:22 GMT. Following the assassination of the American
president, the generals who have seized power initiate World War Three,
launching a surprise attack against the Eurasian Coalition's forces
throughout the Earth-Moon system. Across the orbits, tens of thousands
of particle beams and lasers blast away at one another. The goal: crush
the other side's weaponry, paving the way for nuclear bombardment of the
cities. As inferno becomes Armageddon, the rogue commando unit
Autumn Rain embarks on one last run. Matthew Sinclair, an imprisoned
spymaster, plots his escape. And his former protégé Claire Haskell,
capable of hacking into both nets and minds, is realizing that all her
powers may merely be playing into Sinclair's plans. For even as Claire
evades the soldiers of East and West amid carnage in the lunar tunnels,
the surviving members of the Rain converge upon the Moon, one step ahead
of the Eurasian fleets but one step behind the mastermind who created
Autumn Rain - and his terrible final secret.