"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. So here's a thing I'm looking forward to: The Peripheral, by William Gibson (Viking, 28 October 2014).
Where Flynne and her brother, Burton, live, jobs outside the drug
business are rare. Fortunately, Burton has his veteran's benefits, for
neural damage he suffered from implants during his time in the USMC's
elite Haptic Recon force. Then one night Burton has to go out, but
there's a job he's supposed to do - a job Flynne didn't know he had.
Beta-testing part of a new game, he tells her. The job seems to be
simple: work a perimeter around the image of a tower building. Little
buglike things turn up. He's supposed to get in their way, edge them
back. That's all there is to it. He's offering Flynne a good price to
take over for him. What she sees, though, isn't what Burton told her to
expect. It might be a game, but it might also be murder.
*****
I've been a fan of William Gibson for a long time, though at the same time it's been a while since I read anything of his. This sounds like it should be good, though.
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