Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

In 1972, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa farming clan,
fled to the mountains of British Columbia to avoid the draft. A skilled
hunting guide, he eventually amassed a fortune by smuggling marijuana
across the border between Canada and Idaho. As the years passed, Richard
went straight and returned to the States after the U.S. government
granted amnesty to draft dodgers. He parlayed his wealth into an empire
and developed a remote resort in which he lives. He also created T.Rain,
a multibillion-dollar, massively multiplayer online role-playing game
with millions of fans around the world.

But T.Rain.s success has also made it a target. Hackers have struck gold
by unleashing REAMDE, a virus that encrypts all of a player.s electronic
files and holds them for ransom. They have also unwittingly triggered
a deadly war beyond the boundaries of the game.s virtual universe - and
Richard is at ground zero.

Racing around the globe from the Pacific Northwest to China to the wilds
of northern Idaho and points in between, Reamde is a swift-paced thriller
that traverses worlds virtual and real. Filled with unexpected twists and
turns in which unforgettable villains and unlikely heroes face off in
a battle for survival, it is a brilliant refraction of the 21st century,
from the global war on terror to social media, computer hackers to
mobsters, entrepreneurs to religious fundamentalists. Above all, Reamde
is an enthralling human story - an entertaining and epic pause-resister
from the extraordinary Neal Stephenson.

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