Paperback edition of Stephenson's techno-thriller. It sold more than 22,000 copies in hardback and trade paperback. Traversing real and virtual worlds, it follows a former drug smuggler who creates a hugely popular online role playing game which is targeted by hackers. From the author of }Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon{ and }Quicksilver{. 'Sometimes when you're reading Neal Stephenson, he doesn't just seem like one of the best novelists writing in English right now; he seems like the }only{ one.' }Time A brilliant and compelling thriller cast in the mould of his cult classic Cryptonomicon, Reamde promises to be Neal Stephenson's most successful and commercial novel to date.