"The good thing is, no one will ever die again. The bad thing is, everyone will want to."

A physicist receives a mysterious paper. The ideas in it are far, far ahead of current thinking and quite, quite terrifying. In a city of "fast ones," shadow players, and jinni, two sisters contemplate a revolution.
And on the edges of reality a thief, helped by a sardonic ship, is trying to break into a Schrödinger box for his patron. In the box is his freedom. Or not.

Jean de Flambeur is back. And he's running out of time.

In Hannu Rajaniemi's sparkling follow-up to the critically acclaimed international sensation The Quantum Thief, he returns to his awe-inspiring vision of the universe…and we discover what the future held for Earth.

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From Booklist

If, after beginning this sequel to The Quantum Thief (2011), you find yourself wondering what the heck is going on here, don’t panic: Jean de Flambeur, the novel’s centerpiece, is wondering the same thing. Sprung (in the first novel) from a virtual prison by Mieli, a powerful woman who offers Jean his freedom in exchange for a service, he must return to his thieving ways and steal something for the pellegrini, a sort of godlike entity. But, even now, Jean still doesn’t know exactly why he was busted out of prison, or what, precisely, he’s stolen. He does know that, until he can pay off his debt to Mieli, he won’t be able to recover his lost memories. To repay his debt, he must safecrack a Schrödinger box and release the god that might or might not be trapped inside. Fans of the author’s popular debut novel, which mixed hard science with wild fantasy, will probably be lining up for this follow-up, which resolves some of the questions posed in The Quantum Thief but, on the other hand, asks several more, for which there are, as yet, no answers. --David Pitt

Review

“Spectacularly and convincingly inventive, assured and wholly spellbdinding: one of the most impressive debuts in years.” ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review on The Quantum Thief

“A stellar debut.” ―Publishers Weekly, starred review on The Quantum Thief

“Outstanding... A storytelling skill rarely found from even the most experienced authors.” ―Library Journal, starred review on The Quantum Thief

“The best first SF novel I've read in years. Hard to admit, but I think he's better at this stuff than I am.” ―Charles Stross on The Quantum Thief

“Rajaniemi has spectacularly delivered on the promise that this is likely to be the most important SF novel we'll see this year.” ―Locus on The Quantum Thief

“Absolutely incredible… Endlessly inventive and compulsively readable. It's one of the best books of the year.” ―RT Book Reviews, Top Pick on The Quantum Thief