Virtual Light

Set in a near future California after an earthquake, the story follows a bicycle messenger who comes into possession of a pair of high tech glasses containing classified data. A former police officer is drawn into the hunt to protect her from powerful corporate forces pursuing the item. The narrative explores themes of privatized urban space, surveillance, and marginalized communities living on an improvised settlement built upon a damaged bridge.

by William Gibson

Viking · First published 1993 · 304 pages