Reamde

Reamde
AuthorNeal Stephenson
LanguageEnglish
GenreTechno-thriller
PublisherWilliam Morrow (US)
Atlantic Books (UK)
Publication date
September 20, 2011[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages1056
ISBN978-0-06-197796-1
OCLC703206576
813/.54
LC ClassPS3569.T3868 R43 2011
Followed byFall; or, Dodge in Hell 

Reamde is a technothriller novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 2011. The story, set in the present day, centers on the plight of a hostage and the ensuing efforts of family and new acquaintances, many of them associated with a fictional MMORPG, to rescue her as her various captors drag her about the globe. Topics covered range from online activities including gold farming and social networking to the criminal methods of the Russian mafia and Islamic terrorists.

  1. ^ Catalog, Harper Collins, archived from the original on 2011-05-22, retrieved 2011-09-04