Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Pageturner Book of the Year 2021
Peter Grant is facing fatherhood,and an uncertain future,with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around,he takes a job with emigre Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company.
Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous'silicon roundabout',Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and geekier than he is. Compared to his last job,Peter thinks it should be a doddle. But magic is not finished with Mama Grant's favourite son.
Because Terrence Skinner has a secret hidden in the bowels of the SCC. A technology that stretches back to Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage,and forward to the future of artificial intelligence. A secret that is just as magical as it technological - and just as dangerous.
Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9781473207875Number of pages: 432Weight: 300 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 34 mm
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Ben Aaronovitch
Proof positive that a job as a Waterstones bookseller is an inevitable springboard to the bestseller charts,Ben Aaronovitch has built his playful crime and fantasy mash-ups into a hugely popular literary franchise. Beginning with Rivers of London in 2011,the PC Peter Grant series has a dedicated cult following the world over.
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