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by Neal Stephenson
About 103 pages (30,808 words)
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Hiro Protagonist, freelance hacker and the greatest sword fighter in the Metaverse, teams up with Y.T., a fifteen-year-old female courier, to delve into a mystery that mixes Sumerian myth with virtual reality in a gritty cyberpunk setting. Hiro and Y.T., along with Hiro's old girlfriend Juanita, race to stop a plot masterminded by a religious business monopolist that would brainwash the masses and knock freelance hackers out of commission.

Hiro is a freelance hacker who works as a stringer for the Central Intelligence Corporation in his free time. Hiro uploads information to the CIC database, and if anyone buys the information, Hiro gets paid.

Hiro is introduced to Y.T. literally by accident. Hiro lands his pizza delivery car in a burbclave pool while Y.T. is being pulled behind by her harpoon, or "poon". Y.T. offers to deliver the.....

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