
Termination Shock
Title: Termination Shock Author: Neal Stephenson ISBN: 9780063028067 Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: 2022 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1554904 Publisher Description: New York Times Bestseller From Neal Stephenson--who coined the term "metaverse" in his 1992 novel Snow Crash--comes a sweeping, prescient new thriller that transports readers to a near-future world in which the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics. "Stephenson is one of speculative fiction's most meticulous architects. . . . Termination Shock manages to pull off a rare trick, at once wildly imaginative and grounded." -- New York Times Book Review One man--visionary billionaire restaurant chain magnate