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A late-night accident on a San Francisco subway platform has altered Nat Idle's reality. But then, there are no accidents. Disoriented and bloodied after a near-deadly fall onto the subway tracks, freelance journalist Nat Idle discovers that a beautiful stranger has come to his aid . . . and that the burly man who barreled into him had intended to do Nat harm. What he doesn't know is why--and his quest for answers leads him to uncover a handful of mysterious deaths, and a bizarre neurological disorder plaguing Bay Area children . . . as he ventures ultimately into the Cloud. In a brave new world, the Cloud is where we store data, secrets, dreams. But it is something more--something insidious with the power to change not just how we interact with the world, but our behavior, and brains. Nat, in search of the truth, finds himself lost in a psychedelic maze, discovering things that cannot possibly be, realizing there is no one and nothing he can trust . . . not even his own mind.
| ISBN | 0061999709 | | Pages | 432 | | ISBN13 | 9780061999703 (What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 249 | | Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc | | Published in | New York | | Imprint | HarperCollins World | | Height (mm) | 171 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 106 | | Publication date | 29 Jan 2013 | | Spine width (mm) | 30 | | DEWEY | 813.6 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | |
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THE CLOUD is a non-stop, paranoid thriller whose terrors are all too believable. Richtel spins today's cutting-edge technology into a story that will keep you guessing to the last page--and render you speechless when its final secret is revealed.--Joseph Finder  Be the first to write a customer review
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