The Demi-Monde: 01 (Demi-Monde Saga) - Softcover

Rees, Rod

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062210815 ISBN 13: 9780062210814

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2012

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2012-10-09 Pages: 528 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US The US military created the Demi-Monde to train its soldiers in urban warfare A virtual world of 30 million inhabitants ruled by cyber-duplicates of some of historys. most dangerous psychopaths-from Grand Inquisitor Torquemada to fanatical Nazi butcher Rudolph Heydrich-it is a twisted nightmare and anything but a game. Because if you die inside the Demi-Monde. you die in the Real World.Now. in the year 2018. something has gone horribly wrong... .The US Presidents daughter has been lured into this terrifying shadow world and her only hope of rescue is Ella Thomas. an eighteen-year-old student and jazz singer whos never received a day of military training. Somehow she must infiltrate the Demi-Monde and bring the First Daughter out. But Ella is about to discover something the US government does not ye...

About this title

Review:

"A brilliant, high concept series that blends science fiction and thriller, steampunk and dystopian vision. If Neil Gaiman, Neal Stephenson, James Rollins, and Clive Cussler participated in Suzanne Collins's THE HUNGER GAMES, the result might be something akin to the dark and ingenious madness of Rees's THE DEMI MONDE: WINTER."--BookReporter (starred review)

"Strong characters, along with the clever interweaving of seemingly disparate plot threads, make this a standout selection for fans of high-tech sf and cyberfiction."--Library Journal.com (starred review)

"Explosively creative barely defines Rod Rees's The Demi-Monde Winter. It blew me away as the novel skated on the razor's edge between where we are today and where we're headed tomorrow. As much a cautionary tale as a gripping thriller cut from a digital cloth."--James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Colony

"Novel and fresh....An adventure tale wrapped in a computer simulation."--Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

"Superb....Such an inventive world is engrossing on its own, but the wildly unpredictable plot and characters make for plenty of surprises and twists."--Wichita Eagle

Explosively creative barely defines Rod Rees s The Demi-Monde Winter. It blew me away as the novel skated on the razor s edge between where we are today and where we re headed tomorrow. As much a cautionary tale as a gripping thriller cut from a digital cloth. --James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Colony"

Strong characters, along with the clever interweaving of seemingly disparate plot threads, make this a standout selection for fans of high-tech sf and cyberfiction. --Library Journal.com (starred review)"

Novel and fresh .An adventure tale wrapped in a computer simulation. --Pittsburgh Tribune-Review"

A brilliant, high concept series that blends science fiction and thriller, steampunk and dystopian vision. If Neil Gaiman, Neal Stephenson, James Rollins, and Clive Cussler participated in Suzanne Collins s THE HUNGER GAMES, the result might be something akin to the dark and ingenious madness of Rees s THE DEMI MONDE: WINTER. --BookReporter (starred review)"

Elegantly constructed, skillfully written, and absolutely impossible to stop reading. --Booklist (starred review)"

Book Description:

The Demi-Monde is the most advanced computer simulation ever devised. Created to prepare soldiers for the nightmarish reality of urban warfare, it is a virtual world locked in eternal civil war. Its thirty million digital inhabitants are ruled by duplicates of some of history's cruellest tyrants.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062210815
• ISBN 13: 9780062210814
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528