Stephen Jones is a shiny new hire at Zephyr Holdings. From the outside, Zephyr is just another bland corporate monolith, but behind its glass doors business is far from usual: the beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else to do nothing, the sales reps use self help books as manuals, no one has seen the CEO, no one knows exactly what they are selling, and missing donuts are the cause of office intrigue. While Jones originally wanted to climb the corporate ladder, he now f...

From the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon comes mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own reality."I love you. In every world."Young real estate agent Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these words to her. The man, a stranger, seems to kn...

In Max Barry's twisted, hilarious and terrifying vision of the near future, the world is run by giant corporations and employees take the last names of the companies they work for. It's a globalised, ultra-capitalist free market paradise!Hack Nike is a lowly merchandising officer who's not very good at negotiating his salary. So when John Nike and John Nike, executives from the promised land of Marketing, offer him a contract, he signs without reading it. Unfortunately, Hack's new ...

From the ingenious author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon: a brilliant work of science fiction that tells the intimate tale of four people facing their most desperate hour--alone, together, at the edge of the universe.The video changed everything. Before that, we could believe that we were safe. Special. Chosen. We thought the universe was a twinkling ocean of opportunity, waiting to be explored.Afterward, we knew better.

Sticks and stones break bones.Words kill.They recruited Emily from the streets. They said it was because she's good with words.They'll live to regret it.Wil survived something he shouldn't have. But he doesn't remember it.Now they're after him and he doesn't know why.There's a word, they say. It shouldn't have got out. But it did.And they want it back...Find out why in one of the most mind-bending, page-turning...

**'**Compelling and innovative... Barry takes a story that has been done countless times before and makes it seem original' - Daily MailShe is the ultimate weapon. She once served us. Now she's got her own plans.Once we approached the aliens in peace... and they annihilated us. Now mankind has developed the ultimate killing machine, the Providence class of spaceship.With the ships' frightening speed, frightening in...

A wickedly satirical and outrageous thriller about globalization and marketing hype, Jennifer Government is the best novel in the world ever."Funny and clever.... A kind of ad-world version of Dr. Strangelove.... [Barry] unleashes enough wit and surprise to make his story a total blast." --The New York Times Book Review"Wicked and wonderful.... [It] does just about everything right.... Fast-moving, funny, involving." --The Washington Post Book...

A wickedly observed, disturbing, darkly funny and surprisingly moving parable for a new tech-obsessed age by the acclaimed author of Jennifer Government.Scientist Charles Neumann loses a leg in an industrial accident. It’s not a tragedy. It’s an opportunity. Charlie always thought his body could be better. He begins to explore a few ideas. To build parts. Better parts.Prostheticist Lola Shanks loves a good artificial limb. In Charl...

**"About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell. Lexicon reads like Elmore Leonard high out of his mind on Snow Crash." —Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians and The Magician King“Best thing I've read in a long time . . . a masterpiece.” —Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of WoolStick and stones break bones. Words kill.**...

From the critically acclaimed author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon comes mind-bending speculative psychological suspense about a serial killer pursuing his victim across time and space, and the woman who is determined to stop him, even if it upends her own reality."I love you. In every world."Young real estate agent Madison May is shocked when a client at an open house says these words to her. The man, a stranger, seems to kn...

Vier Astronauten gegen ihr eigenes Raumschiff – und einen schier übermächtigen Feind, der die Erde bedrohtDas Video veränderte alles. Vorher konnten wir noch glauben, dass wir sicher waren. Auserwählt. Etwas Besonderes. Wir dachten, das Universum sei ein glitzernder Ozean voller Möglichkeiten, der nur darauf wartet, von uns erobert zu werden. Danach wussten wir es besser.Sieben Jahre nach dem fatalen Erstkontakt startet die Providence Five...

Am grausamen Mord an Madison May scheint auf den ersten Blick nichts Ungewöhnliches: Die Immobilienmaklerin wird offenbar von einem potenziellen Kunden niedergestochen. Der Täter, der sich keine Mühe gegeben hat, seine Identität zu verbergen, scheint einem Kult anzugehören. Als Journalistin Felicity dem Mann zufällig in der U-Bahn begegnet, nimmt sie die Verfolgung auf. Es kommt zum Handgemenge, sie wird aufs Gleis gestoßen, der herannahende Zug kann gerade noch bremsen. Der Verdächtige is...